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Tropical fire ant

Solenopsis geminata
只是會痛會痛,但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。
螞蟻 螫
對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛,但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The tropical fire ant is a small ant that builds mounds in open, sunny soil. It is native to the Americas, including the Caribbean, but has spread through much of the tropics with human transport. Its venom can cause severe allergic reactions, so it is important to know what it looks like and where it lives.1

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Native to Northern, Central and South America, including the Caribbean. Now spread throughout the tropics by human means.1
北美洲, 南美洲
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Nests are built mainly in soil in open, sunny areas. They form craters or mounds up to about 60 cm wide and 30 cm tall, with up to about 20 entrance holes per nest. In places where they have been introduced, mounds can be very dense, up to about 2,500 to 3,700 per hectare.1
長度
5 mm (0,2 in)3
一般成體大小
最高速度
大約 0,11 km/h(0,07 mph)
在陸地上, 粗略估計
是真的!Tropical fire ant 的照片
Tropical fire ant。照片:Reynante Martinez。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

  • Builds craters or mounds in the soil, usually in open, sunny places.1
  • Each mound can have up to about 20 entrance holes.1
  • Mounds can be found in groups of 10 to 80 per acre in native habitats, and far more where introduced.1

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用?

The venom is a mix that includes the lipophilic alkaloid solenopsin, a fat-loving chemical and a major part of the venom. Its venom is comparable in power to that of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). It can cause severe allergic reactions, especially anaphylactic shock, a sudden and dangerous whole-body allergic reaction.1

牠對人有多危險?

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛,但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

Its venom is comparable in power and dangerousness to that of the red imported fire ant. Its allergic reactions, especially anaphylactic shock, can threaten human survival.1

如果牠螫人

  • 清洗並冷敷螫傷處。
  • 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。

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

牠有多大?

牠有多長?

Tropical fire ant 大約 5 mm 長 (0,2 in)一粒米 大約 7 mm (0,3 in)一枚 1 歐元硬幣 大約 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
小到可以坐在你的指甲上

Tropical fire ant 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?

值得知道

小知識

1

Colonies can spread by floating, and new queens can start colonies after a nuptial flight.1

2

Its worldwide range is even larger than that of the red imported fire ant, another invasive fire ant.1

3

It can interbreed with other closely related fire ant species.1

4

It is native to the Americas but has spread across the tropics, largely through human transport.1

5

Colonies can have a single queen (monogyne) or many reproductive queens (polygyne).1

給毒液專家

學名
Solenopsis geminata
類群
螞蟻
家人
Formicidae2
排序
Hymenoptera
各大洲
北美洲, 南美洲
對人的危險
2 / 5: 疼痛3

知識的出處

  1. Solenopsis geminata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Solenopsis geminata (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
  3. Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.

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