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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica
Malunga negama: The scientific name metallica refers to the ant's metallic look, which ranges from green to purple.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Iimbovane UkuhlabaSitya: Kancinci kwento nganye
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The green-head ant is a small, shiny ant that lives in Australia. It has a metallic colour that can look green, purple or reddish-violet. It is one of the most widespread insects in Australia, and it can give a painful, venomous sting.1

Sihlala
Found in almost every Australian state except Tasmania. Introduced to New Zealand.1
IOstreliya neOceania
Ekhaya
Green-head ants live in deserts, heath, open forests, woodland and urban areas. They are abundant in lawns and gardens in cities. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs and shrubs, in decayed wooden stumps, and sometimes in termite mounds.1
Ubude
5 mm ukuya ku-7 mm (0,2 in ukuya ku-0,3 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
Green-head ants hunt arthropods and small insects. They also collect sweet substances such as honeydew from sap-sucking insects.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Green-head ant
Green-head ant. Ifoto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Measures 5 to 7 mm long.1
  • Metallic colour that varies by region, from green to purple or reddish-violet.1
  • Hard, heavily armoured body with a single-segmented waist.1
  • Queens and workers look similar and differ mainly in size. Males are the smallest and look black and dark.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Residents of northern Queensland use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), so the two can be confused by name. The name 'green-head ant' is more specific.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The sting is painful and venomous. It can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, in people who are sensitive to it.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The sting can cause anaphylactic shock in sensitive people. Ordinary stings are described as painful.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Hlamba uze upholise iindawo ezihlatyiweyo.
  • Ukuba umntu uphefumla kanzima, ubuso okanye umqala wakhe uyadumba, okanye uziva ngathi uza kufa isiqaqa, yimeko kaxakeka ye-aleji: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka.

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 siyakuhlaba: 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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Green-head ant malunga ne-7 mm ubude (0,3 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi malunga ne-7 mm (0,3 in)Ingqekembe ye-euro enye malunga ne-2,3 cm (0,9 in)
sincinci kangangokuba singahlala eluzipheni lwakho

U-Green-head ant mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Green-head ants are among the first insects to appear in burnt-off areas, arriving once the embers have stopped smouldering.1

2

Workers can reproduce with winged males, so queens are rarely produced in colonies.1

3

They are useful to farmers because they prey on agricultural pests such as beetles, moths and termites.1

4

They help plants by scattering and eating seeds from a variety of species, which plays an important role in seed dispersal.1

5

The short-beaked echidna and a number of bird species prey on them.1

6

The ant was introduced to New Zealand, where it was first seen in 1959, probably on cargoes of timber.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: The name 'green ant' always means the green-head ant.

Inyaniso: In northern Queensland, residents use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant, so the shortened name can cause confusion.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Rhytidoponera metallica
Iqela
Iimbovane
Usapho
Formicidae2
Ucwangco
Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi
IOstreliya neOceania
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Rhytidoponera metallica (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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