ʻO ka pīpī nui loa ma ka Honua - ka lōʻihi o ke kino mai 50 a 110 mm mm. ʻOi aku ka wahine ma mua o nā kāne.
Hiki i ke paona kino ke hiki aku i 80-100 g - ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ka pīpī. ʻAi ʻokoʻa ka kala: ma kahi papa uliuli-brown brown, mau manamana, nā kāʻei a me ke kiʻi ʻōpala i hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia.
Hūnā ʻia nā ʻale maloʻi aniani a pākuhi ʻia ma lalo o ka elytra paʻakikī a me ka nui.
ʻĀlelo Hoʻohui & Hoʻohui hou
ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma ka ao ma mua o ka pō. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēia mau pīpī ma ke kahi o nā kumulāʻau lāʻau. Ua lele pinepine ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia ia i lalo o ka honua. Hoʻolā ʻo ka iniseti larva i kona ola lōʻihi (4-5 mau makahiki) i ka lepo. Noho ʻo Goliath imago ma kahi o ʻeono mahina.
Ma hope o ka moe ʻana, kanu ka wahine iā ia iho i ka ʻāina, kahi e waiho ai i nā hua, huna malū iā lākou i nā lua kūlohelohe. Ma ka hopena o kēia manawa e hiki ai i kēia hana hoʻomohala, loaʻa i ka larva he 15 cm ka lōʻihi a kaupaona nā 100 g.
E ʻai ana ka ʻelima i nā kahe e kahe ana mai ka lāʻau, a me ka pulupulu o ka hua hua.
ʻO ka pilikia no nā ʻano holoholona e hōʻike ʻia e nā poachers a me nā mea ʻohiʻohi.
Kāleka
He nui nā pepeke nā goliaths: ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke kino o nā kāne ʻae a hiki i 11 cm a ākea a he 6 cm paha, he liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā wahine, ulu lākou a 8 cm ka lōʻihi a 4-5 cm paha ka laulā. ʻO ka paona o nā pīpī heaviest ma ka honua, e like me nā ʻano kumu like ʻole, he 47-100 g. E like me nā lālā āpau, ua loaʻa nā goliath i nā ʻāpana o ka elytra anterior. Ma o kēia mau hamama, ʻoi aku ka ʻēheu i waho i ka wā o ka lele, kahi e ʻae ai ka elytra i ʻole e wehe. Ma ka umauma, ʻaʻohe mau a nā mea ʻekeʻelemakule.
E like me ka hapanui o nā ʻelele o nā pōpoki, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā kolohe goliath e ka dimorphism moe wahine. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā males ma o ka hele ʻana o kahi hana Y-form ma ke poʻo. I nā wahine, hala ʻole kahi ʻano hana. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ko lākou mau poʻo no ka eli ʻana i ka lepo, no laila lākou i ʻano o ka pale. ʻO nā pūlima hoʻi o nā wahine nā niho, he mea koʻikoʻi i ka hana ʻana o ka moʻi no nā keiki e hiki mai ana.
Nā kala e like me ke hoʻololi ʻana
Noho ka goliaths wale ma hoʻokahi ʻāina nui. Akā, ʻoiai ʻo kēia, nā ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe o nā ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka nui a me ka kala. ʻO ka mana o ka neʻulima ka mea hoʻohālikelike o nā kūlana kime o ka ʻānela. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ke ʻano o nā keʻokeʻo a me nā ʻeleʻele i ke kino o ka manu, a me ko lākou pākēkē.
I mea e lele ai ka bug, pono ia e wela i kona kino i kekahi mahana. ʻO ka kala ʻeleʻele a me ka hoʻokipa velvety o ka wahī e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka radiation hihiu e hele. No laila, i nā ululā pōpopopopo maloʻo, kahi e pale ai ka mea kanu wili i ka komo ʻana i ka lā, nā ʻōpala uliuli me ka nui o nā ʻōlapa e ʻike nui ʻia.
I nā wahi ākea, mālamalama i hoʻopiha ʻia, nā mea inikini keʻokeʻo māmā me ka ʻōnaehana uhi glossy i mea maʻamau. Mālama kēia iā lākou mai ka mālamalama nui loa a pale i ka wela. ʻO ke kaomi ʻulaʻula kaulana e manaʻo ʻia he ʻano keʻokeʻo-ʻili like keʻokeʻo ma ka elytra ʻeleʻele.
Nā hiʻohiʻona
ʻO nā ʻāpana nui o nā ʻōleʻa goliath o ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e pono i ko lākou mālama ʻia, akā he mea kaumaha. Kānā nui ʻia nā pepeke, no laila ua paʻakikī iā lākou e hūnā mai nā mea wānana. Eia nō hoʻi, ma muli o ke kaupaona nui, ua mālohi a paʻakikī nā pupu. A me ka lawe ʻana, pono lākou e hoʻoluʻolu maikaʻi i ko lākou kino, e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa. Ke hoʻomoʻa nei i ka ʻai, ke ʻimi nei nā pīpī i ka ʻai e lele mai ka lāʻau a kekahi i kekahi, e iho ana i ka ʻāina i ka waiho ʻana o ka hua manu.
ʻO ka hana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana
Ma hope o ka moe ʻana, iho mai nā wahine mai nā kumu a i ka ʻāina e ʻoka ai i kahi ʻoka i ka lepo a waiho i ka hua ma laila. Ma hope o ka waiho ʻana, lele ka wahine i waho o ka mink a hoʻi i ka lei o ka lāʻau, haʻalele i kāna keiki i ka ʻāina no ka hoʻomohala kūʻokoʻa. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana i ka hua, hānai ka larva a ulu no ono oʻeono mahina, a hiki i ka hiki ʻana i ka nui o kahi pākeke.
Manee e hele mai ana ke ʻano o ka pupa, e hoʻomau mau ana ma ke ala hoʻokahi. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka chrysalis, holo ka ʻōiwi makua i ka ʻili a lele i luna i ka lāʻau, e hui pū ana i kona mau hoahānau. I ka wā ʻelemakule, ola ke aikini i ka awelika 6 mau mahina ma hope o ia make.
Meaʻai meaʻai Goliath
Ma ka lepo, ka mea ʻai e ʻai ai nā mea āpau a pau. ʻO kēia ka lau o ka lau, a ke koʻo i nā koina o nā mea kanu, a me nā hua o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā pepeke. ʻO ka pinepine, nele ka larva i ka meaʻai protein e hoʻokō ai i ka nui e makemake ai. A laila e hoʻopau hou ana ʻo ia i ka cannibalism ma ka ʻai ʻana i kona mau hoahānau. He vegans nā kānaka hānai. Hoʻohana lākou i ka mea kanu mea kanu a me nā hua momona.
Nā ʻelele ʻo Goliath
ʻElima mau ʻano nui o nā goliath e noho nei ma ʻAmelika, akā aia kekahi ʻano like ʻole o nā pīpī a me nā ʻano honu. ʻO nā ʻōhua like loa o ʻAmelika:
- ʻO Goliath nui ka mākaʻi nui loa o ka ʻano ʻano. ʻO ka lōʻihi o kona kino i nā hihia loaʻa ʻole iʻoi aku ma mua o 11 cm. ʻO ka pīpī he kaila velvety o ka integument a me kahi ʻāpana waihoʻoluʻu kino o ke kino, me ka ʻokoʻa ʻole o nā kukui ʻōpiopio ma ka pronotum. ʻO kahi noho o kēia ʻano he ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.
- Palapala Goliath. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻano nani loa o ka goliath, no ka mea loaʻa iā ia kahi uhi hina-ʻulaʻula me nā lei poni ihi ʻia. ʻO ka lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka inika i lawe i 7 cm. Noho kēia holoholona i noho i Southongo.
- ʻAleʻele Goliath. He hao ua ulia kekahi mau lālā o nā ʻano he ʻulaʻula. ʻO kēia ka mākaʻi liʻiliʻi loa o nā goliaths, nona ka lōʻihi o ke kino ʻaʻole eʻoi aku i 6 cm. Ua loaʻa kēia mau pīpī ma ka hikina o Equatorial Africa.
- ʻO Goliath aliʻi. He hākōʻai nui kēia, me nā kāleka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Kūleʻa nā pākeke i 10,5 cm ka lōʻihi. Kālaha kēia ʻano ma Ghana.
Hoʻaiho
ʻEʻelima mau ʻano o nā pīpī e kūʻokoʻa i ka wahi, e ʻokoʻa i ka nui a me nā ʻula. Noho ka pīpī ʻApelika ma Central a me ʻAmelika Hema ma nā panalāʻau o:
Ua makemake nui kekahi mau ʻano o kēia mau pīpīu nui i ka haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe o ka ulu lāʻau ʻōleʻa. Aia kekahi ʻano o nā pīpī e noho ana ma ka wao nahele i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa a mālama i ka wai me ko lākou mau eheu. Noho ʻia nā mea hihiu ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka wai, e paʻa ana i nā ʻēheu o ka lewa.
Hale
Ua hoʻopuka nā mea iniketi dimorphism. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ke kāne branched nā pepeiao. Loaʻa i ka wahine nā ʻano poʻo terone o ka wahine no ka ʻeli ʻana i ka honua. Loaʻa nā wahine i nā niho ma ka tibia mua. Aia ma nā kihi mua o nā elytra, aia nā ʻalā. Ma o lākou, hoʻopuka ka nui o ka goliath i nā ʻēheu no ka lele me ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana i ka elytra.
ʻO kēia kahi hiʻohiʻona o ke keleawe, kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻohanohano o nā ʻelele o nā ʻae ʻihi ʻēheu i hoʻolaʻa. ʻElua nā ʻēheu o Goliaths.
Mālama ka pale mua i ka lua o ka ʻēheu a me ka ʻōpū. Hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻōlua lua o nā ʻēheu no nā mokulele. Ma kēlā me kēia wāwae pīpī, ʻelua pāliki o nā puʻupuʻu koi. ʻAe kēia iā ʻoe e paʻa paʻa i nā lau a me ke kahi o nā kumu lāʻau.
ʻĀnō ke ola
ʻO ke ʻano o ke ola pepeke he eha mau hoʻomohala;
- ka hua
- piliua
- chrysalis
- pepeke makua pākeke.
Hoʻoku ʻia nā ʻēheu o nā pīkī i loko o ke kino i ka ʻaoʻao larval a ʻike ʻole ʻia mai waho. ʻO Larva a me nā pākeke ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻolālā a me ke ʻano. Ke ola nei ka pīpī goliath no nā mahina ʻeono.