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Giant desert centipede

Scolopendra heros

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Iinkume

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The giant desert centipede is the largest centipede in North America. It lives in dry deserts and rocky woodlands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and its bite is very painful.1

Sihlala

Southwestern United States (from New Mexico and Arizona east to Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana) and northern Mexico1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

Found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts and other dry and semi-arid places, as well as rocky woodland, such as in Arkansas. It stays underground on warm days and comes out in cloudy weather.1

Ubude

20 cm (7,9 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It hunts mainly at night for invertebrates and small vertebrates, including rodents, reptiles and amphibians. It can reach into the air to grab small flying insects, and uses its venom to subdue prey.1

Ifoto ka-Giant desert centipede — Giant desert centipede. Ifoto: gilaman. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

The largest centipede in North America1
Average length about 17 cm (6.5 in), and up to 20 cm (8 in) in the wild1
Has 21 or 23 pairs of legs1
The Texas and Arkansas form has a red head and a greenish black body and tail1
Several colour variants are known1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is similar to that of other Scolopendra centipedes. It acts as a cytolysin, which damages cell membranes and ruptures cells, and it contains heart-affecting (cardiotoxic) proteins. The exact effects of the venom have not been fully studied, because it is hard to collect in useful amounts and breaks down quickly once processed.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Bites cause sharp, searing pain and swelling in people, and there have never been any confirmed deaths from this species. Occasional symptoms include nausea, headache and localised skin death (necrosis). Severe cases, including kidney failure from muscle breakdown and heart attack, have been reported from Scolopendra bites in general.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

Its bright warning colours are a signal to predators to leave it alone.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-190 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Giant 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)

Giant desert centipede malunga ne-1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It can grab small flying insects out of the air.1

It is the largest centipede found in North America.1

Its colours change between variants, and the red-headed form found in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas is especially well known.1

It is a slow-growing species that can live for more than a decade.1

It grows slowly, and it keeps the same number of body segments for its whole life.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: A bite from this centipede is deadly.

Inyaniso: No deaths from its bites have been confirmed. For people, the bite usually causes sharp pain and swelling in the area bitten.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Scolopendra heros
Iqela: Iinkume
Usapho: Scolopendridae2
Ucwangco: Scolopendromorpha
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: It hatches from eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

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