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European beewolf

Philanthus triangulum
Nípa orúkọ náà: The name comes from the wasp's habit of hunting bees, as a wolf hunts other animals.1
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Oyin, agbọ́n àti agbọ́n ńlá ÌtaniOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ewéko
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

The European beewolf is a solitary wasp, not a bee. It lives across Europe, North Africa and parts of Africa. The female hunts honey bees to feed her young, which is why it is named after them.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Western Palearctic and Afrotropics, from Scandinavia to South Africa1
Yúróòpù, Áfíríkà
Ilé
It is found mainly on open sandy ground, such as lowland heathland and coastal dunes. It is less often found on clay, and in Britain it has dug burrows in coal dust, ash and coal mining spoil heaps.1
Gígùn
1.6 cm (0.6 in)3
ìtóbi àgbàlagbà déédé
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 25 km/h (16 mph)
Ó ń fò, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
Adults feed on nectar from flowers such as bramble, sea-holly, heather, thrift and common ragwort. Females hunt western honey bees to provide food for their larvae, and may collect up to 100 bees during their flight period.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò European beewolf
European beewolf. Fọ́tò: Ben Jobson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Bold yellow and black markings on the abdomen1
  • Males have trident-shaped markings between their bluish eyes1
  • Females are larger, with a reddish stripe behind the eyes and a pale face1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

The female stings its bee prey to paralyse them, so they stay alive but cannot move. The paralysed bees are stored in the nest as food for the larvae.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

Bí ó bá ta ni

  • Ha ẹ̀gún ìtani oyin jáde kí o sì tu ibẹ̀ lára.
  • 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 kí o sì lo kálámù abẹ́rẹ́ adrenaline rẹ̀ (auto-injector) bí ó bá ní ọ̀kan.

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

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

European beewolf gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 1.6 cm (0.6 in)Hóró ìrẹsì kan nǹkan bí 7 mm (0.3 in)Ẹyọ owó yúrò 1 nǹkan bí 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
ó kúrú ju ọmọdínrín ìka rẹ lọlè fò kọjá gbogbo pápá bọ́ọ̀lù ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 15

Báwo ni European beewolf 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?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

Females protect their young from mould by applying a secretion to the bees, and the egg releases nitric oxide that kills growing fungi.1

2

Females also secrete a substance containing Streptomyces bacteria, which protect the larva's cocoon from fungal infection.1

3

The female hunts honey bees, and the species is apparently the only one in its genus that specialises in western honey bees.1

4

Nests can form large groups, with as many as 15,000 burrows in one aggregation.1

5

Niko Tinbergen's experiments showed that the wasp identifies its nest by sight.1

6

In Britain it was once considered one of the great rarities among stinging wasps, but its range has expanded northwards as summers have grown warmer.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Philanthus triangulum
Ẹgbẹ́
Oyin, agbọ́n àti agbọ́n ńlá
Ìdílé
Crabronidae2
Ètò
Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Yúróòpù, Áfíríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
The female lays an egg in an underground brood cell with several paralysed bees as food for the larva, and in cooler regions the larva overwinters.1
Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
RDB2 (vulnerable) in Britain, though this may be revised because its range and numbers have increased1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. European beewolf (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Philanthus triangulum (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. 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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