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Wallace's giant bee

Megachile pluto
Malunga negama: Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who first collected it in 1858. Its other name, raja ofu, means 'king of the bees'.1
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

Wallace's giant bee is a large black resin bee that lives on a few islands in Indonesia. It is the largest known living bee species, with a female wingspan of 63.5 mm. It was thought to be extinct until it was found again in 1981, and it is rarely seen.1

Sihlala
Bacan, Halmahera and Tidore islands in the North Moluccas, Indonesia1
IAsiya
Ekhaya
It is thought to live only in primary lowland forests. Its communal nests are built inside active nests of the tree-dwelling termite Microcerotermes amboinensis. Oil palm plantations now cover much of its former habitat.1
Ubude
2,3 cm ukuya ku-3,8 cm (0,9 in ukuya ku-1,5 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-38 km/h (24 mph)
Ukubhabha, uqikelelo nje
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Wallace's giant bee
Wallace's giant bee. Ifoto: Naturalis Biodiversity Center. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • A black resin bee with large, well-developed jaws1
  • A notable white band on the abdomen1
  • Females can be about 38 mm long, roughly as long as an adult's thumb1
  • Males are much smaller, about 23 mm long, and do not have large jaws1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Krwela inaliti yenyosi uyikhuphe uze upholise indawo.
  • Ukuba umntu uphefumla kanzima, ubuso okanye umqala wakhe uyadumba, okanye uziva ngathi uza kufa isiqaqa, yimeko kaxakeka ye-aleji: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka kwaye usebenzise ipeni yakhe ye-adrenaline ukuba unayo.

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?

Wallace's giant bee malunga ne-3,8 cm ubude (1,5 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
malunga nobude besiqhobosho sephephasingabhabha siwele ibala lebhola ekhatywayo lonke ngemizuzwana eyi-9,9

U-Wallace's giant bee mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It is the largest known living bee species, with a female wingspan of 63.5 mm (2.5 in).1

2

It was believed to be extinct until several specimens were discovered in 1981.1

3

The female uses her large jaws to carry large balls of tree resin, which she gathers to build compartments inside the termite nest.1

4

A female was filmed and photographed in 2019 after she was found building her nest in a termite colony on Halmahera. She was then released.1

5

Two specimens collected in Indonesia in 2018 were sold on eBay, which highlighted how little legal protection the species has.1

6

The species is one of the 25 'most wanted' lost species in Global Wildlife Conservation's 'Search for Lost Species' initiative.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Megachile pluto
Iqela
Iinyosi, oonomeva nee-hornet
Usapho
Megachilidae2
Ucwangco
Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi
IAsiya
Imeko yaso endle
Vulnerable (IUCN)1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Megachile pluto (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Megachile pluto (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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