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White-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris biguttatus
Ci turam: It is named for the two large white spots on its wings.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Chenille ak gunóor Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The white-spotted assassin bug is a venomous true bug from tropical Africa. It hunts insects and other small creatures, and it can give a bite that is more painful than a bee sting. It lives in damp tropical forests, often in hollow tree stumps and rotting logs.1

Dafay dund ci
Tropical Africa, from Senegal in the west to Mozambique in the south-east1
Afrig
Kër
It lives in humid tropical forest, particularly in hollow tree stumps and decaying logs.1
Guddaay
1 cm ba 4 cm (0,4 in ba 1,6 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It hunts cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars. It pierces the prey's outer shell, injects saliva that liquefies the tissues inside, and then sucks out the digested fluids.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy White-spotted assassin bug
White-spotted assassin bug. Foto: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Two large white spots on the wings give it its common names.1
  • Adults measure 10 to 40 mm.1
  • It has needle-like mouthparts with sharp stylets that it uses to pierce its prey.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its saliva is injected into prey, where it turns the prey's tissues to liquid so the bug can drink them. It can also spit venom, which can cause temporary blindness in humans.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

If disturbed, it can deliver a defensive bite that is more painful than a bee sting. Its spitting venom can cause temporary blindness.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed, it may bite, or spit venom.1

Su màttee

  • Ci kawaru chenille yuy jam: dindi leen ak scotch, ginnaaw gi raxas der bi. Bul ko moos.
  • Ci màtt yi: raxas ko te sedal ko. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su yaramu nit ki baaxul walla deret di génn ci yomb.

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 màttee 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?

White-spotted assassin bug guddaayam lu tollu ci 4 cm (1,6 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na lu tollu ci trombone

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Xibaar

1

It hunts a wide range of insects, including cockroaches, flies and caterpillars.1

2

It has needle-like mouthparts, built for sucking fluids rather than chewing.1

3

It does not go through metamorphosis, so young nymphs look like small adults.1

4

It takes six to nine weeks to develop from egg to adult.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Females can breed without mating, through parthenogenesis.

Dëgg: This was once thought to be true but has recently been shown not to be. Unmated females lay eggs, but the eggs are infertile.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Platymeris biguttatus
Mbooloo
Chenille ak gunóor
Njaboot
Reduviidae2
Toftal
Hemiptera
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
Unmated females lay eggs, but these eggs are infertile. Hatchlings are called nymphs, and they look like small adults.1
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 2 at1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Platymeris biguttatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Platymeris biguttatus (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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