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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra

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

ÌtaniOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Díẹ̀ nínú ohun gbogbo

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

The European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

Ó ń gbé ní

Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1

Yúróòpù, Éṣíà

Ilé

Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1

Gígùn

3.5 mm sí 7 mm (0.1 in sí 0.3 in)1

Ìyára gíga jùlọ

nǹkan bí 0.11 km/h (0.07 mph)

Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù

Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?

Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1

Fọ́tò European fire ant — European fire ant. Fọ́tò: Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

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

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

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

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.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?

Áfíríkà Éṣíà Yúróòpù Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà Gúúsù Amẹ́ríkà Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

ó kéré débi pé ó lè jókòó lórí èékánná rẹ

Báwo ni European fire 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)

European fire ant nǹkan bí 0.11 km/h (0.07 mph)

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

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

Òtítọ́: More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì: Myrmica rubra
Ẹgbẹ́: Èèrà
Ìdílé: Formicidae2
Ètò: Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì: Yúróòpù, Éṣíà
Àwọn ọmọ: Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
Ọjọ́ ayé: nǹkan bí ọdún 151
Ewu fún ènìyàn: 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

Myrmica rubra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Myrmica rubra (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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