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Western harvester ant

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Nípa orúkọ náà: "Occidentalis" means "of the west", because the ant is characteristic of the interior of the Western United States. "Harvester" refers to its habit of collecting edible seeds.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 western harvester ant is a species of ant that lives in the dry deserts and grasslands of the American West and Canada. It gets its name from collecting seeds to eat. It has a painful, venomous sting, and large colonies can damage grazing land.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Deserts and arid grasslands of the American West and Canada, at or below 1,900 m (6,300 ft)1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
Deserts and arid grasslands. Its nest mounds of gravel, surrounded by bare ground, are a conspicuous feature of rangeland, so people are most likely to see them there.1
Gígùn
6 mm (0.2 in)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 0.15 km/h (0.09 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
Workers harvest seeds and pollen directly from plants and gather fallen seeds. They also gather newly dead insects. Some seeds are stored in chambers within the nest.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Western harvester ant
Western harvester ant. Fọ́tò: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Workers are usually dark red.1
  • Workers in a mature colony average 6 mm long.1
  • The nest is topped by an irregularly conical mound of gravel, which can be more than 89 cm (35 in) across.1
  • The mound is surrounded by an area with no plant life.1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

The sting is venomous and painful.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

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

Its sting is painful. Where there are many colonies, they can cause such loss of grazing plants and seeds that they are a severe ecological and economic burden.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

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Western harvester ant gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 6 mm (0.2 in)Hóró ìrẹsì kan nǹkan bí 7 mm (0.3 in)Ẹyọ owó yúrò 1 nǹkan bí 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
ó kéré débi pé ó lè jókòó lórí èékánná rẹ

Báwo ni Western 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?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

Mounds are surrounded by bare ground, so they do not burn during fires.1

2

A mature colony can have up to 20,000 workers and one queen, and its nest can reach 5 metres (16 ft) deep.1

3

Honey ants (Myrmecocystus mexicanus) often nest close to western harvester ant colonies and feed on dead or dying workers.1

4

A queen mates with 2 to 11 different males, with an average of 6.3.1

5

Workers usually change their jobs as they age, and they forage towards the ends of their lives. A worker lives for an average of six months.1

6

In cooler months, workers forage throughout the day. In summer they forage only from 5–11 am and 3–9 pm.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Ẹgbẹ́
Èèrà
Ìdílé
Formicidae2
Ètò
Hymenoptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
The queen lays eggs, and many of the eggs in the first batch die. The first workers, called nanitics, are stunted and measure about 2 mm long.1
Ọjọ́ ayé
nǹkan bí ọdún 301
Ewu fún ènìyàn
2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (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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