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White-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris biguttatus
Malunga negama: It is named for the two large white spots on its wings.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Imibungu nezinambuzane UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The white-spotted assassin bug is a venomous true bug from tropical Africa. It hunts insects and other small creatures, and it can give a bite that is more painful than a bee sting. It lives in damp tropical forests, often in hollow tree stumps and rotting logs.1

Sihlala
Tropical Africa, from Senegal in the west to Mozambique in the south-east1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in humid tropical forest, particularly in hollow tree stumps and decaying logs.1
Ubude
1 cm ukuya ku-4 cm (0,4 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 hunts cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars. It pierces the prey's outer shell, injects saliva that liquefies the tissues inside, and then sucks out the digested fluids.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-White-spotted assassin bug
White-spotted assassin bug. Ifoto: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Two large white spots on the wings give it its common names.1
  • Adults measure 10 to 40 mm.1
  • It has needle-like mouthparts with sharp stylets that it uses to pierce its prey.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its saliva is injected into prey, where it turns the prey's tissues to liquid so the bug can drink them. It can also spit venom, which can cause temporary blindness in humans.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

If disturbed, it can deliver a defensive bite that is more painful than a bee sting. Its spitting venom can cause temporary blindness.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed, it may bite, or spit venom.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?

White-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-White-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

It hunts a wide range of insects, including cockroaches, flies and caterpillars.1

2

It has needle-like mouthparts, built for sucking fluids rather than chewing.1

3

It does not go through metamorphosis, so young nymphs look like small adults.1

4

It takes six to nine weeks to develop from egg to adult.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Females can breed without mating, through parthenogenesis.

Inyaniso: This was once thought to be true but has recently been shown not to be. Unmated females lay eggs, but the eggs are infertile.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Platymeris biguttatus
Iqela
Imibungu nezinambuzane
Usapho
Reduviidae2
Ucwangco
Hemiptera
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Iintsana
Unmated females lay eggs, but these eggs are infertile. Hatchlings are called nymphs, and they look like small adults.1
Ixesha lobomi
malunga neminyaka eyi-21
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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