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White-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris biguttatus

名字的由來： It is named for the two large white spots on its wings.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

毛毛蟲和其他蟲子

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The white-spotted assassin bug is a venomous true bug from tropical Africa. It hunts insects and other small creatures, and it can give a bite that is more painful than a bee sting. It lives in damp tropical forests, often in hollow tree stumps and rotting logs.1

分布在

Tropical Africa, from Senegal in the west to Mozambique in the south-east1

非洲

首頁

It lives in humid tropical forest, particularly in hollow tree stumps and decaying logs.1

長度

1 cm 到 4 cm (0,4 in 到 1,6 in)1

最高速度

大約 0,7 km/h（0,44 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It hunts cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars. It pierces the prey's outer shell, injects saliva that liquefies the tissues inside, and then sucks out the digested fluids.1

White-spotted assassin bug 的照片 — White-spotted assassin bug。照片：Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Two large white spots on the wings give it its common names.1
Adults measure 10 to 40 mm.1
It has needle-like mouthparts with sharp stylets that it uses to pierce its prey.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its saliva is injected into prey, where it turns the prey's tissues to liquid so the bug can drink them. It can also spit venom, which can cause temporary blindness in humans.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。

If disturbed, it can deliver a defensive bite that is more painful than a bee sting. Its spitting venom can cause temporary blindness.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When disturbed, it may bite, or spit venom.1

如果牠咬人

被會螫人的毛毛蟲毛刺到時：用膠帶把毛黏起來，再清洗皮膚。不要搓揉。
被咬時：清洗並冷敷。如果傷者覺得不舒服或容易流血，要就醫。

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。
如果被牠咬了：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？

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長

White-spotted assassin bug 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？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

White-spotted assassin bug 大約 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It hunts a wide range of insects, including cockroaches, flies and caterpillars.1

It has needle-like mouthparts, built for sucking fluids rather than chewing.1

It does not go through metamorphosis, so young nymphs look like small adults.1

It takes six to nine weeks to develop from egg to adult.1

破解迷思

迷思： Females can breed without mating, through parthenogenesis.

真相： This was once thought to be true but has recently been shown not to be. Unmated females lay eggs, but the eggs are infertile.1

給毒液專家

學名: Platymeris biguttatus
類群: 毛毛蟲和其他蟲子
家人: Reduviidae2
排序: Hemiptera
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: Unmated females lay eggs, but these eggs are infertile. Hatchlings are called nymphs, and they look like small adults.1
壽命: 大約 2 年1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3