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European beewolf

Philanthus triangulum

名字的由来： The name comes from the wasp's habit of hunting bees, as a wolf hunts other animals.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蜜蜂、胡蜂和大黄蜂

蜇伤吃：植物

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The European beewolf is a solitary wasp, not a bee. It lives across Europe, North Africa and parts of Africa. The female hunts honey bees to feed her young, which is why it is named after them.1

生活在

Western Palearctic and Afrotropics, from Scandinavia to South Africa1

欧洲, 非洲

首页

It is found mainly on open sandy ground, such as lowland heathland and coastal dunes. It is less often found on clay, and in Britain it has dug burrows in coal dust, ash and coal mining spoil heaps.1

长度

1.6 cm (0.6 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 25 公里/小时（16 英里/小时）

飞行, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Adults feed on nectar from flowers such as bramble, sea-holly, heather, thrift and common ragwort. Females hunt western honey bees to provide food for their larvae, and may collect up to 100 bees during their flight period.1

European beewolf的照片 — European beewolf。照片：Ben Jobson。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Bold yellow and black markings on the abdomen1
Males have trident-shaped markings between their bluish eyes1
Females are larger, with a reddish stripe behind the eyes and a pale face1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

The female stings its bee prey to paralyse them, so they stay alive but cannot move. The paralysed bees are stored in the nest as food for the larvae.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

如果它蜇人

刮掉蜜蜂的蜇针，冷敷患处。
如果这个人呼吸困难、脸或喉咙肿胀，或感觉要晕倒，这是过敏急症：拨打急救电话，如果他们有肾上腺素笔就使用。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它蜇了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

比你的小指还短15 秒就能飞过一整个足球场

European beewolf和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只家蝇 约 7 公里/小时 (4.4 mph)

European beewolf 约 25 公里/小时 (16 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

Females protect their young from mould by applying a secretion to the bees, and the egg releases nitric oxide that kills growing fungi.1

Females also secrete a substance containing Streptomyces bacteria, which protect the larva's cocoon from fungal infection.1

The female hunts honey bees, and the species is apparently the only one in its genus that specialises in western honey bees.1

Nests can form large groups, with as many as 15,000 burrows in one aggregation.1

Niko Tinbergen's experiments showed that the wasp identifies its nest by sight.1

In Britain it was once considered one of the great rarities among stinging wasps, but its range has expanded northwards as summers have grown warmer.1

给毒液专家

学名: Philanthus triangulum
类别: 蜜蜂、胡蜂和大黄蜂
家人: Crabronidae2
排序: Hymenoptera
大洲: 欧洲, 非洲
宝宝: The female lays an egg in an underground brood cell with several paralysed bees as food for the larva, and in cooler regions the larva overwinters.1
它在野外过得怎么样: RDB2 (vulnerable) in Britain, though this may be revised because its range and numbers have increased1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3