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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇伤吃：什么都来一点

The European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

生活在

Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1

欧洲, 亚洲

首页

Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1

长度

3.5 mm到7 mm (0.1 in到0.3 in)1

最高速度

约 0.11 公里/小时（0.07 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1

European fire ant的照片 — European fire ant。照片：Even Dankowicz。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

常被误认为： Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

它害怕时会做什么？

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.1

如果它蜇人

清洗并冷敷蜇伤处。
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。

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？

小到能坐在你的指甲上

European fire ant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？

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

European fire ant 约 0.11 公里/小时 (0.07 mph)

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

值得了解

事实

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

真相： More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

给毒液专家

学名: Myrmica rubra
类别: 蚂蚁
家人: Formicidae2
排序: Hymenoptera
大洲: 欧洲, 亚洲
宝宝: Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
寿命: 约 15 年1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3