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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis

Malunga negama: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Iimbovane

UkuhlabaSitya: Kancinci kwento nganye

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

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Sihlala

Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

IAfrika, IAsiya

Ekhaya

Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1

Ubude

5 mm ukuya ku-6 mm (0,2 in ukuya ku-0,2 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1

Ifoto ka-Samsum ant — Samsum ant. Ifoto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
Body length is 5–6 mm.1
Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

sincinci kangangokuba singahlala eluzipheni lwakho

U-Samsum 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)

Samsum ant malunga ne-0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Brachyponera sennaarensis
Iqela: Iimbovane
Usapho: Formicidae2
Ucwangco: Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi: IAfrika, IAsiya
Iintsana: Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Brachyponera sennaarensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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