Venom Wiki / Zonke izilwanyana / Iimbovane

Inombolo 1006 kwezi-1 402

Jack jumper ant

Myrmecia pilosula

Malunga negama: The specific name pilosula comes from the Latin word pilosa, meaning 'covered with soft hair'. The common name 'jack jumper' comes from its jumping motion.1

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha.

Iimbovane

UkuhlabaSitya: Izinambuzane

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The jack jumper ant is a venomous ant native to Australia. It is most common in Tasmania and south-east mainland Australia, and it is known for jumping long distances when it is disturbed. Its sting is usually mild, but it is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to people.1

Sihlala

Australia, mostly Tasmania and south-east mainland; widespread in most of Australia; not verified in the Northern Territory1

IOstreliya neOceania

Ekhaya

Jack jumper ants live in open places such as gardens, lawns, pastures, woodlands and dry open forests, usually on fine gravel and sandy soil. In suburbs they build nests in rockeries, cracks in concrete walls and grass, and they are less common in urban areas.1

Ubude

1,1 cm ukuya ku-1,6 cm (0,4 in ukuya ku-0,6 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

Jack jumper ants prey on small insects. They kill other insects by injecting venom through a barbless stinger. Their food also includes nectar.1

Ifoto ka-Jack jumper ant — Jack jumper ant. Ifoto: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Black or blackish-red body, sometimes with yellow or orange legs1
Antennae, lower legs and mandibles (jaws) are yellow or orange1
Workers are medium-sized, about 12 to 14 mm long1
Grey, short hair on the body, longer on the back part of the abdomen1
Leaps about 51 to 76 mm when disturbed, and forms mounds of gravel and soil as nests1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Other Myrmecia ants, such as M. nigrocincta, also jump when disturbed, so jumping alone does not identify this species.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom is unusually likely to cause allergy for an insect venom. In most people a sting causes only a mild reaction at the site. In people who are allergic, it can cause anaphylaxis, a severe whole-body reaction with a faster heart rate and falling blood pressure.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

Most stings cause only a mild local reaction, but the jack jumper is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to humans. The venom causes about 90% of ant allergies in Australia. In areas where it lives, up to 3% of people may be allergic, and about half of those can have anaphylaxis, which rarely leads to death. Between 1980 and 2000, four people died from anaphylaxis caused by jack jumper stings, all in Tasmania.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed, they become aggressive towards humans, and they can see and follow an intruder from about 1 m away.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

For people prone to severe allergic reactions, the treatment is allergen immunotherapy, also called desensitisation.1
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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinci

U-Jack jumper ant mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Inkumba yasegadini malunga ne-0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Jack jumper ant malunga ne-0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Their leaps are about 51 to 76 mm, which is a long jump for an ant of this size.1

They decorate their nests with seeds, soil, charcoal, stones, sticks and small dead invertebrates, which help trap the sun's warmth.1

William Morton Wheeler compared them to 'Lilliputian cavalry galloping to battle' when they were disturbed.1

Workers are gamergates, so they can reproduce with males whether or not a queen is present in the colony.1

Rove beetles of the genus Heterothops often live in jack jumper nests and raise their young there.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Myrmecia pilosula
Iqela: Iimbovane
Usapho: Formicidae2
Ucwangco: Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi: IOstreliya neOceania
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Jack jumper ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Myrmecia pilosula (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

Inyaniso nganye kweli phepha inenombolo ebonisa umthombo wayo. Ukuba senze impazamo, uxolo, sithanda izilwanyana, asiyomagazini yenzululwazi. Sixelele ku-[email protected] kwaye siza kuyilungisa.

Unomadudwane ulambile! I-Venom Wiki yiprojekthi yomntu omnye: isimahla, ayinazibhengezo kwaye ayinazilandeli. Isipho esincinci sinceda ukuyigcina ikwi-intanethi.Yondla unomadudwane