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Red harvester ant

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

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The red harvester ant is a large ant that lives in the dry, scrubby land of the southwestern United States. Its nests are dug underground, and the bare patches around them are easy to spot in open grassland. It matters because these ants gather seeds and help spread plants across the land.1

Ó ń gbé ní

Native to the Southwestern United States1

Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà

Ilé

Prefers dry chaparral and open, arid areas. Nests are underground, up to 2.5 m deep, in exposed ground. In grassland such as ranches, the bare mounds make colonies very easy to see.1

Gígùn

5 mm sí 7 mm (0.2 in sí 0.3 in)1

Ìyára gíga jùlọ

nǹkan bí 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)

Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù

Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?

Seeds are the main food. Workers grind them into a bread-like paste with their large mandibles and store it in a granary, so the colony has food all year. Dead insects are also collected while foraging.1

Fọ́tò Red harvester ant — Red harvester ant. Fọ́tò: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

Large ant, about 5 to 7 mm long1
Mound is flat and broad, up to 100 mm high and 300 to 1,200 mm across1
Bare ground with no plants, and small pebbles around the tunnel entrance1
Three to eight trails lead out from the mound, like arms1
Seed hulls are often scattered around the nest1

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: Red harvester ants are often mistaken for fire ants. They are not closely related to any fire ant species, native or introduced.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.

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

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Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

ó kéré débi pé ó lè jókòó lórí èékánná rẹ

Báwo ni Red harvester 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)

Red harvester ant nǹkan bí 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)

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

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

Some queens have been known to live up to 30 years in the wild.1

Colonies have no central control. They adjust how much they forage using feedback from returning ants, which can take only seconds.1

Rival Novomessor cockerelli ants block nest entrances with sand and small rocks, delaying the red harvester ants' activity by one to three hours.1

Seeds are stored in the nest for months, and sometimes several years, so the colony has food during lean times.1

The plants benefit too. Ants carry seeds while foraging, which spreads the plants over a wider area.1

Ant foraging is guided by chemical signals, and foragers can travel up to 50 to 60 m from the nest.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: Red harvester ants are fire ants.

Òtítọ́: They are often mistaken for fire ants but are not closely related to any fire ant species.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì: Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Ẹgbẹ́: Èèrà
Ìdílé: Formicidae2
Ètò: Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì: Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ: A single queen starts each new colony by sealing herself in a soil nest and laying eggs. The first workers emerge over six to eight weeks.1
Ọjọ́ ayé: nǹkan bí ọdún 301
Ewu fún ènìyàn: 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

Red harvester ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Pogonomyrmex barbatus (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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