UMary Allen
I-May beetles iwuhlobo lwamabhungane. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene: I-cockchafer yasensimini ivame kakhulu eYurophu Ephakathi. I-cockchafer itholakala enyakatho nasempumalanga futhi kuphela ezindaweni ezimbalwa zaseJalimane. I-cockchafer yaseCaucasus isiyivelakancane kakhulu eYurophu Ephakathi. Ungayithola manje bese kuthi eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeJalimane.
Ama-cockchafer angaba amasentimitha amabili kuya kwamathathu ubude. Amaphiko angaphandle anezimbambo ezine ezigijima ngobude. Abesilisa banezimpondo ezinkulu kakhulu ezinamalobe ayisikhombisa. Ezinsikazi zinezimbobo eziyisithupha kuphela ezimpondweni. Cishe udinga ingilazi yokusondeza ukuze ubone lokhu. Uchwepheshe ubona izinhlobo ezahlukene ekugcineni kwengxenye engemuva.
Izinhlobo ezahlukene zibukeka zifana kakhulu futhi ziphila ngokufanayo. Ngenxa yalokhu, futhi ngenxa yokuthi cishe sibona i-cockchafer kuphela, ichazwe ngokuningiliziwe kulesi sihloko. Ngenxa yokuthi cishe uyena yedwa, ngokuvamile ubizwa ngokuthi “I-Maybeetle”.
Aphila kanjani ama-cockchafer?
Kwangathi ibhungane lingakhula libe yindilinga, efana nezimvemvane noma amaxoxo. Sibona ama- cockchafer entwasahlobo, ngenyanga kaMeyi. Ngakho bathola igama labo. Ikakhulukazi idla amaqabunga ezihlahla ezivuthulukayo. Ngemva kokukhwelana, eyeduna iyafa. Insikazi igubha cishe amayintshi ayisishiyagalombili emhlabathini othambile futhi izalela amaqanda angaphezu kwamashumi amabili lapho. Ngayinye ingamamilimitha amabili kuya kwamathathu ubude futhi imhlophe. Khona-ke owesifazane uyafa.
Izibungu zichanyuselwa emaqandeni ngemva kwamasonto amane kuya kwayisithupha. Babizwa ngokuthi ama-grubs. Zidla izimpande zezitshalo ezihlukahlukene. Lokhu akubandakanyi utshani kuphela, amakhambi, nezihlahla, kodwa namazambane, ama-strawberry, izaqathi, ulethisi, nezinye izitshalo. Ngakho-ke ama-grubs aphakathi kwezilokazane zabalimi nabalimi. Ngonyaka wesibili, badla kakhulu.
Ama-grubs molt kathathu ngoba isikhumba asikhuli nawo. Ngonyaka wesithathu, ziyazala futhi ekwindla ziba ama-cockchafer angempela. Nokho, ubusika obulandelayo bachitha ngaphansi komhlaba. Azigubheli phezulu kuze kube unyaka wazo wesine. Ukuphila kwabo njenge-cockchafer "esikhulile" kuthatha amasonto amane kuya kwayisithupha kuphela.
Eningizimu, ama-cockchafer adinga iminyaka emithathu kuphela ekukhuleni kwayo yonke. Okukhethekile ukuthi ama-cockchafers "aqondanise". Kuningi onyakeni. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi unyaka we-cockchafer noma unyaka wokundiza. Kwangathi amabhungane awavamile eminyakeni ephakathi. Njalo eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu kuya kwengu-45 kuba nesifo sangempela samaqhude. Ososayensi abakaqondi kahle ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka kanjani.
Ingabe ama- cockchafer asongelwa?
Amaqhude awukudla okudumile: Izinyoni eziningi zithanda ukudla amaqhude, ikakhulukazi amagwababa. Kodwa amalulwane azingela nama-cockchafer. Ama-Hedgehog, ama-shrews, nezingulube zasendle ziyathanda ukumba ama-grubs.
Sasivame ukuba namaqhude amaningi. Cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, kwaqoqwa ama- cockchafer. Imiphakathi yathenga izilwane ezifile kubaqoqi ukuze kunqandwe ubhubhane. Kamuva balwa noshevu ukuze kuvikelwe ezolimo. Namuhla azikho nhlobo izinhlupho zangempela ze-cockchafer. Zihlale zinenani elifanayo.