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Common desert centipede

Scolopendra polymorpha

Malunga negama: Its scientific name, polymorpha, means "many forms", because its colours vary so much from one centipede to another.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Iinkume

Ukuluma

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The common desert centipede is a large centipede that lives in the deserts and dry grasslands of western North America. It is known for its striped body and for its venom, which scientists are studying for possible medical uses.1

Sihlala

Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, north to the Pacific coast) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in dry grasslands, forests and deserts. During the day it shelters in cool, moist places such as under desert rocks. It also digs burrows and sometimes lives inside rotting logs.1

Ubude

10 cm ukuya ku-18 cm (3,9 in ukuya ku-7,1 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Ifoto ka-Common desert centipede — Common desert centipede. Ifoto: Evrytte Carlson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults usually measure 10 to 18 cm long.1
Each body segment has one dark stripe along its side, which gives it the name tiger centipede.1
Most have a darker brown, red or orange head, lighter brown, tan or orange body segments and yellow legs.1
Some populations, such as those in Southern California, are entirely light blue with indigo stripes and turquoise legs.1
Its antennae have seven or more smooth segments.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains a peptide called SPC13 that kills or slows some bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In studies on mice, the venom damaged muscle, causing tissue death and abnormal mitochondria (the parts of cells that make energy). It may also affect the respiratory complexes, the chemical systems cells use to make energy, of the animals it hunts.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

Its venom is used to defend itself, but it cannot fully rebuild its venom within 48 hours, which limits how well it can defend itself.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, uyipholise okanye uyifake emanzini afudumeleyo ngenxa yeentlungu, kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango ukuba iya isiba mbi ngakumbi.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-6 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-220 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Common desert centipede mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Common desert centipede malunga ne-1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its venom contains a peptide that has shown antimicrobial activity against bacteria that cause hospital infections.1

Within two days it regenerates 65 to 86% of its venom volume, but its venom levels do not return to their original amounts even after 7 months.1

The bigger the centipede, the slower its venom regenerates, so body size limits how quickly it can recover its venom.1

Its colours are so varied that its species name, polymorpha, means "many forms".1

It is most active at night during the cool winter months, or during the summer New Mexico Monsoon, when it is cooler and wetter.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Scolopendra polymorpha
Iqela: Iinkume
Usapho: Scolopendridae2
Ucwangco: Scolopendromorpha
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Scolopendra polymorpha (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Scolopendra polymorpha (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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