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Patagonian bumblebee

Bombus dahlbomii

名字的由來： The local name mangangá comes from the Guarani word mamanga.1

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

蜜蜂、胡蜂和虎頭蜂

螫吃：植物

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The Patagonian bumblebee is a large, furry bee that lives naturally only in the temperate forests of southern South America. Its queens are among the biggest bumblebees in the world. Its numbers have fallen since other bumblebee species were brought into the region to pollinate crops.1

分布在

Southern Chile and southern Argentina, including Patagonia, in temperate forest regions1

南美洲

首頁

It lives in temperate forests in central and southern Patagonia, in both continuous and fragmented forest. Queens start their nests in underground cavities, such as rodent burrows.1

長度

4 cm (1,6 in)1

體重

500 mg 到 1,5 g (0 oz 到 0,1 oz)1

最高速度

大約 36 km/h（22 mph）

飛行, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It forages nectar and pollen from many plants, including Lapageria rosea, Alstroemeria aurea and Eucryphia cordifolia. It spends more time on each flower than related bumblebee species.1

Patagonian bumblebee 的照片 — Patagonian bumblebee。照片：Pato Novoa。 CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Mostly red-orange in colour, with a completely red-orange thorax.1
The abdomen is a lighter orange, fading slightly towards the end, and has a rounded tip.1
The head, wings and legs are distinctly black.1
Long bristles cover most of the body, giving it a very furry look.1
Queens can reach up to 4 cm from head to tail and weigh around 0.5 to 1.5 grams.1

常被誤認為： The syrphid fly Aneriophora aureorufa looks very similar to this bumblebee. The two have similar colour and size and can be hard to tell apart in the wild because of their similar flight.1

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

如果牠螫人

把蜜蜂的螫針刮掉，然後冷敷患處。
如果傷者呼吸困難、臉部或喉嚨腫脹，或覺得快要昏倒，這就是過敏急症：打緊急電話，如果傷者有腎上腺素自動注射筆，就使用它。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠螫了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 1,5 根迴紋針一樣重

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長輕到放在手上你也感覺不到可以在 10 秒內飛過一整座足球場

Patagonian bumblebee 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻家蠅 大約 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Patagonian bumblebee 大約 36 km/h (22 mph)

一個正在衝刺的人 大約 37 km/h (23 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is one of the largest bee species in the world, and its furry look has earned it the nickname 'flying mouse'.1

It often visits red flowers, which most bees avoid. It can detect red through a specific receptor system.1

A syrphid fly in Patagonia, Aneriophora aureorufa, has evolved to look and fly much like this bumblebee, which may help it avoid predators.1

In the Maulino forest of central Chile, individuals living in fragmented forest have longer wings relative to their body size, because they need to fly longer distances between patches.1

Its populations began to decline after non-native bumblebees were introduced into Chile to pollinate crops.1

It is the only native bumblebee species in southern South America.1

給毒液專家

學名: Bombus dahlbomii
類群: 蜜蜂、胡蜂和虎頭蜂
家人: Apidae2
排序: Hymenoptera
各大洲: 南美洲
寶寶: Queens lay their first eggs in a structure made of pollen and wax inside an underground cavity. The first brood becomes workers after a couple of months, and nests can hold more than 100 workers.1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3