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Ikhathuni ka-Mexican honey wasp
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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Mayelana negama: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinyosi, imivi nama-hornet UkuhlabaSidla: Izinambuzane
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

Ihlala
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1
Ubude
7 mm kuya ku-9 mm (0.3 in kuya ku-0.4 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 20 km/h (12 mph)
Ukundiza, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Isithombe: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
  • Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
  • Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
  • Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
  • Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

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?

Mexican honey wasp ubude obucishe bube ngu-9 mm (0.4 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 zakhosingandiza siwele inkundla yebhola yonke ngemizuzwana engu-19

Mexican honey wasp mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

2

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

3

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

4

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

5

Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Brachygastra mellifica
Iqembu
Izinyosi, imivi nama-hornet
Umndeni
Vespidae2
Ukuhleleka
Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Ingozi ebantwini
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Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (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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