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White-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris biguttatus

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

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

毛毛虫和虫子

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在

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

非洲

首页

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

长度

1 cm到4 cm (0.4 in到1.6 in)1

最高速度

约 0.7 公里/小时（0.44 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

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。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果它咬人

被毛毛虫的蜇毛扎到：用胶带把毛粘掉，再清洗皮肤。不要揉。
被咬：清洗并冷敷。如果感到不适或容易出血，就去看医生。

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。
如果被它咬了：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

White-spotted assassin bug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)

White-spotted assassin bug 约 0.7 公里/小时 (0.44 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Platymeris biguttatus
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Reduviidae2
排序: Hemiptera
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Unmated females lay eggs, but these eggs are infertile. Hatchlings are called nymphs, and they look like small adults.1
寿命: 约 2 年1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3