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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis
Mayelana negama: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izintuthwane UkuhlabaSidla: Kancane kwakho konke
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Ihlala
Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1
I-Afrika, I-Asia
Ekhaya
Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1
Ubude
5 mm kuya ku-6 mm (0.2 in kuya ku-0.2 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.12 km/h (0.07 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Samsum ant
Samsum ant. Isithombe: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
  • Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
  • Body length is 5–6 mm.1
  • Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
  • Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Geza bese upholisa izindawo ezihlatshiwe.
  • Uma umuntu ephefumula kanzima, ebuso noma emphinjeni kuvuvukala, noma ezizwa ezoquleka, lesi yisimo esiphuthumayo se-allergy: shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo.

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?

Samsum ant ubude obucishe bube ngu-6 mm (0.2 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

Samsum ant mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

2

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

3

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

4

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Brachyponera sennaarensis
Iqembu
Izintuthwane
Umndeni
Formicidae2
Ukuhleleka
Hymenoptera
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika, I-Asia
Izinsana
Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachyponera sennaarensis (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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