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Red-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris rhadamanthus
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Imibungu nezinambuzane UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The red-spotted assassin bug is a true bug with a black body and orange or red spots on its wings. It lives in open areas across southern and eastern Africa. It is venomous, and its sting is painful, similar to a hornet's.1

Sihlala
Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zanzibar1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It prefers open areas with only a small amount of tree cover. The orange colour form has been kept as a pet.1
Ubude
3,8 cm ukuya ku-4 cm (1,5 in ukuya ku-1,6 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small invertebrates, mainly rhinoceros beetles. It uses its needle-like mouthparts to suck the juices out of its prey.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Red-spotted assassin bug
Red-spotted assassin bug. Ifoto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Body is black with orange or red spots on the front part of the wings.1
  • Legs are covered with short hair, and each thigh (femur) has a red band across it.1
  • Adults reach about 3.8 to 4 cm long.1
  • Orange and red colour forms look different but share the same body features.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The orange colour form was once sold in the pet trade as Platymeris sp. "Mombo". It is now known to be a colour form of this same species, not a separate animal.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It is a venomous animal that injects venom when it stings. Its sting causes pain comparable to that of a hornet.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Its sting is painful, comparable to that of a hornet.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Kwiinwele zemibungu ehlabayo: zisuse ngeteyipu encamathelayo, emva koko uhlambe isikhumba. Musa ukukhuhla.
  • Kukulunywa: hlamba uze upholise. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle okanye wopha lula.

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Red-spotted assassin bug malunga ne-4 cm ubude (1,6 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
malunga nobude besiqhobosho sephepha

U-Red-spotted assassin bug mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Rhinoceros beetles are its main prey, though it also eats other small invertebrates.1

2

Its mouthparts are needle-like, designed for sucking juices out of other insects.1

3

It is a nocturnal predator, so it hunts mainly at night.1

4

The orange and red colour forms are the same species, with the same body features, including the male and female genitalia.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Platymeris rhadamanthus
Iqela
Imibungu nezinambuzane
Usapho
Reduviidae2
Ucwangco
Hemiptera
Amazwekazi
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Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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