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Rusty-winged tarantula hawk

Hemipepsis ustulata
Ci turam: The common name 'tarantula hawk' comes from the wasp's habit of hunting tarantulas to raise its young.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Yamb, guêpe ak frelon Dafay jamDafay lekk: Tuuti ci lépp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The rusty-winged tarantula hawk is a large wasp, with a matte black body and rust-orange wings. It lives in the dry Southwestern United States. Its sting is strong enough to paralyse a tarantula, which the wasp then uses to feed its young.1

Dafay dund ci
Southwestern United States, from California through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, north to Nevada, Oklahoma and Kansas1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
It lives in the arid climate of the Southwestern United States, including the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Arizona. Territorial males perch on prominent plants at high elevations, 1500 m or higher, on mountain ridges.1
Guddaay
5 cm (2 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 42 km/h (26 mph)
Di naaw, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Adult wasps feed on nectar from flowers such as milkweeds and western soapberry trees. Their larvae feed on tarantulas that the adult wasps have paralysed and captured.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Rusty-winged tarantula hawk
Rusty-winged tarantula hawk. Foto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Matte black body with rust-orange wings1
  • Grows up to 5 cm long, among the largest wasps of its order1
  • Long legs, used to grapple with prey1
  • Males are smaller and more slender than females, with a more vibrant wing colour1
  • The antenna has twelve segments1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Its relatives in the genus Pepsis look very similar. Pepsis wasps are more metallic black, with deep-blue striped patterns. The only reliable way to tell them apart is by the pattern of veins in their wings.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its sting paralyses a tarantula but keeps it alive, so the spider stays fresh food for the larva. The sting is described as powerful and debilitating. It is ranked among the most painful stings in the insect world on the Schmidt sting pain index.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Its sting is among the most painful known from insects and is described as debilitating. The sting deters nearly all predators, including birds and lizards.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

Its painful sting deters nearly all predators.1

Su jamee

  • Xuufal dagu yamb bi ba mu génn, te sedal fa mu jam.
  • Su nit ki am jafe-jafe ci noyyi, kanamam walla putam funki, walla mu bëgg a xëm, allergie bu metti la (urgence): woo sa nimerob urgence te jëfandikoo stylo adrénaline bi mu am, su am.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Rusty-winged tarantula hawk guddaayam lu tollu ci 5 cm (2 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
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Xibaar

1

The larva eats its living host from the inside. It hollows out the tarantula until the spider dies, once feeding reaches the bases of its legs.1

2

After paralysing a tarantula, the female may drag it up to 100 m to a burrow or cavity, where she seals it in with her egg.1

3

Males fight for territory in mid-air. The two wasps clash wings and spiral upwards, and larger males usually win and push smaller males off the best perches.1

4

Males gather on mountain ridges in great numbers during the breeding season, while females are rarely seen.1

5

Adult wasps do not grow after they emerge, so smaller males are at a permanent disadvantage when competing with larger ones.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hemipepsis ustulata
Mbooloo
Yamb, guêpe ak frelon
Njaboot
Pompilidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
The female lays one egg on each tarantula she has paralysed. The egg is about 5 mm long, and the larva that hatches from it feeds on the spider.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Hemipepsis ustulata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hemipepsis ustulata (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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