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Black-banded jumper ant

Myrmecia nigrocincta

Nípa orúkọ náà: The name jumper ant refers to its ability to leap from one spot to another.1

Ó kàn ń dunniÓ ń dunni, ṣùgbọ́n kò ní ṣe ọ́ léṣe gidigidi.

Èèrà

ÌtaniOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Díẹ̀ nínú ohun gbogbo

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.

The black-banded jumper ant is a large ant that can leap up to 10 centimetres, which is far above its own body length. It lives in eastern Australia, including suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane. Its sting is painful and can cause serious allergic reactions in some people, so it is worth knowing how to recognise it.1

Ó ń gbé ní

Eastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia1

Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà

Ilé

It nests in sandy soil, often under a small mound that looks like a molehill, and hides the nest with twigs, leaves and gravel. Nests are found beside a clump of grass or bush, or at the base of a tree. It prefers dry to semi-dry forests and woodlands, mostly on the coastal plains, and has been found in suburbs such as Heathcote and Como in Sydney.1

Gígùn

1.3 cm sí 1.9 cm (0.5 in sí 0.7 in)1

Ìyára gíga jùlọ

nǹkan bí 0.27 km/h (0.17 mph)

Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù

Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?

It eats other insects, including caterpillars and spiders, and also drinks honey water. It hunts on plants and trees, and sometimes on the ground. It has been seen preying on the larvae of imperial hairstreak butterflies, even jumping while carrying them.1

Fọ́tò Black-banded jumper ant — Black-banded jumper ant. Fọ́tò: Steve Kerr. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

Mostly black and orange-red in colour.1
The gaster (rear body), head, legs and mesonotum (middle back) are black, while the pronotum, propodeum, petiole and post-petiole are red.1
Mandibles (jaws) are either black or yellow, depending on where the ant lives.1
Workers are 13 to 15 mm long, males 16 to 17 mm, and queens 17 to 19 mm.1
It can leap 76 to 102 mm by suddenly extending its middle and hind legs.1

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: It is often confused with other Myrmecia species. It can be told apart by its bi-coloured thorax and post-petiole, which are yellowish-red and black, and by its yellowish-red node.1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

Its sting is highly venomous and causes intense burning pain. The burning can last for many days, and the sting itches. If the sting is left untreated, it may develop into an ulcer (an open sore). The venom of a close relative, M. pilosula, is among the strongest of all ants and contains acids, enzymes and phospholipases.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.

A 2011 study of Australian ant allergies found that 265 of 376 participants reacted to the stings of several Myrmecia species, which can cause anaphylaxis (a severe, whole-body allergic reaction). Of these, 15 reacted to this species, while 176 reacted to M. pilosula. The study concluded that Myrmecia species were among four main groups of Australian ants responsible for anaphylaxis.1

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

When threatened, workers and scouts quickly defend the nest and may react aggressively even to a shadow crossing it, bursting out in short hops to attack.1

Bí ó bá ta ni

Fọ ibi tí ó ti ta ni, kí o sì tù ú.
Bí ẹni náà bá ń mí pẹ̀lú ìṣòro, tí ojú tàbí ọ̀fun rẹ̀ wú, tàbí tí ó ń fẹ́ dákú, pàjáwìrì àléjì ni: pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
Bí ọ̀kan bá ta ọ́: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Níbo ní ayé?

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Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

ó kúrú ju ọmọdínrín ìka rẹ lọ

Báwo ni Black-banded jumper ant ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

Ìgbín inú ọgbà nǹkan bí 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

Black-banded jumper ant nǹkan bí 0.27 km/h (0.17 mph)

Ìjàpá kan nǹkan bí 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

It can jump between 76 and 102 mm, which is far more than its own body length.1

Colonies can continue without a queen, because workers can lay fertile eggs.1

It often forages in trees, where it visits the flowers of some eucalyptus and senna plants and may help pollinate them.1

A worker can live for over a year, with a maximum of about 1.3 years.1

Its nests are camouflaged with twigs, leaves, gravel and other plant material.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì: Myrmecia nigrocincta
Ẹgbẹ́: Èèrà
Ìdílé: Formicidae2
Ètò: Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì: Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà
Àwọn ọmọ: Worker-laid eggs can be reared into males in colonies with no queen. Colonies typically have between 400 and 1200 individuals.1
Ọjọ́ ayé: nǹkan bí ọdún 1.31
Ewu fún ènìyàn: 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

Myrmecia nigrocincta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Myrmecia nigrocincta (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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