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Red bull ant

Myrmecia gulosa

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇伤吃：肉

The red bull ant is a large ant that lives in eastern Australia. Adults can give a painful sting, and they are fierce hunters that can overpower bees and other ants. Their large size and aggressive behaviour make them one of Australia's best-known ants.1

生活在

Eastern Australia, mainly coastal Queensland and eastern New South Wales, with records in other Australian states1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

They prefer open areas, where they are often seen foraging, and they build small mounds and nests with tunnel systems that can become quite extensive. They are often seen around burnt areas. They have been found from 121 to 2,000 m above sea level.1

长度

1.5 cm到3 cm (0.6 in到1.2 in)1

最高速度

约 0.35 公里/小时（0.22 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

They are solitary predators and hunt prey such as bees and other ants. Adults cannot eat solid food, so they feed on the juices of their prey, while the meat is fed to the colony's larvae. Workers' infertile eggs are also part of their diet and are commonly fed to the queen and larvae.1

Red bull ant的照片 — Red bull ant。照片：Tony Eales。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Adults have a red-brown head and thorax (the middle part of the body).1
The rear half of the abdomen (the back of the body) is black.1
The mandibles (jaws) are brown-yellow and long, powerful and serrated (saw-edged).1
Adults measure about 15 to 30 mm in body length, making them one of the larger ant species.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

They have a venom-laced sting, which can cause severe pain for a couple of days.1

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。

The sting causes severe pain that can last a couple of days. Red bull ants are described as notoriously aggressive hunters.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？

差不多和一个回形针一样长

Red bull 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？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Red bull ant 约 0.35 公里/小时 (0.22 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

They cannot smell or use chemical senses like most ants, but their eyesight is extremely keen. They can spot and respond to intruders up to two metres away.1

Workers' infertile eggs are fed to the queen and larvae as part of their diet.1

The first specimen was collected in 1770 by Joseph Banks, making it one of the first Australian insects collected and described by a European.1

Their nests are built with tunnel systems that may become quite large.1