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Ikhathuni ka-Large velvet ant
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Large velvet ant

Mutilla europaea
Mayelana negama: The name "velvet ant" comes from the dense, velvet-like bristles (setae) that cover its body.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinyosi, imivi nama-hornet UkuhlabaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The large velvet ant is not really an ant. It is a wasp, and the females have no wings and look like fuzzy ants. It lives in parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa, in heaths, moors, grasslands and woodland. Its sting is painful, but it is not aggressive.1

Ihlala
Most of Europe, east to China, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. In Great Britain, mainly the south and east, and recently as far north as Aberdeenshire.1
I-Yurophu, I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives in heaths, moors, chalk grassland and woodland. In England it is most closely linked to lowland heaths, where females are often seen running across sandy paths.1
Ubude
1.4 cm (0.6 in)3
usayizi ojwayelekile womuntu omdala wesilwane
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
The larvae are parasitoids that eat the pupae of bumblebees, and occasionally honeybees, inside the host nest. Adults feed on nectar, and on the honey stores of host bees.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Large velvet ant
Large velvet ant. Isithombe: Michael Knapp. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Males are dark red on the tip of the mandibles (jaws) and on the thorax.1
  • The first and second segments of the abdomen have bands of long silver bristles.1
  • The tip of the abdomen and much of the body are covered in long black bristles.1
  • Females have a red mesonotum (the upper middle part of the thorax) and silver-spotted flanks along the abdomen.1
  • Some males are completely black, and colour varies between individuals.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The sting is painful. Its venom is much less toxic than the venom of a honeybee.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The wasp is not aggressive and only stings people when handled. Its sting is painful but less toxic than a honeybee's.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When threatened, it stridulates by rubbing a raised structure called the plectrum over ridges on its abdomen, which makes a sound.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Khipha udosi lwenyosi ngokulukhuhla bese upholisa indawo.
  • Uma umuntu ephefumula kanzima, ebuso noma emphinjeni kuvuvukala, noma ezizwa ezoquleka, lesi yisimo esiphuthumayo se-allergy: shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo futhi usebenzise ipeni lakhe le-adrenaline uma enalo.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Large velvet ant ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.4 cm (0.6 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi cishe 7 mm (0.3 in)Uhlamvu lwemali lwe-euro elilodwa cishe 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
sincane kangangokuthi singahlala ezinzipheni zakho

Large velvet ant mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Their thick, armoured skin is so strong that related species in North America have been reported to escape from the mouths of lizards and frogs.1

2

Females can sneak into the nests of paper wasps and steal their food stores, possibly because they can disguise their scent so the paper wasps cannot detect them.1

3

The size of the adult wasp depends partly on the size of its host: wasps raised in honeybees are smaller than those raised in bumblebees.1

4

Females are wingless, but males have wings.1

5

Males die soon after emerging in autumn, while females hibernate over winter, sometimes in the host nest or at the roots of low plants.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The nickname "cow killer" means the sting can kill cows.

Iqiniso: The nickname is inappropriate. Its sting is painful, but its venom is much less toxic than a honeybee's, and it is not aggressive.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Mutilla europaea
Iqembu
Izinyosi, imivi nama-hornet
Umndeni
Mutillidae2
Ukuhleleka
Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi
I-Yurophu, I-Asia
Izinsana
The female lays an egg into a bee cocoon, where the wasp larva feeds on the host pupa.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Mutilla europaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Mutilla europaea (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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