Umdlali omusha, uJoro the Spider, uvele esiteji phakathi kokucula kwama-cicada. Ngombala wawo ophuzi okhanyayo kanye nobude bemilenze engamasentimitha amane, lawa ma-arachnid kunzima ukuwakhumbula. Naphezu kokubukeka kwawo okwesabekayo, izicabucabu ze-Choro, nakuba zinobuthi, azilona usongo lwangempela kubantu noma ezifuywayo.
Uhlobo olukhulu, olunemibala egqamile oluhlaselayo olubizwa ngokuthi isicabucabu iChoro luhamba kulo lonke elase-United States. Inani labantu belilokhu likhula ezingxenyeni zaseNingizimu kanye nase-East Coast iminyaka eminingi, futhi abacwaningi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi kuyindaba yesikhathi nje ngaphambi kokuba zisakazekele engxenyeni enkulu yezwekazi lase-United States.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bathanda izinto ezingavamile nezimangalisayo futhi ezingaba yingozi,” kusho uDavid Nelson, uprofesa webhayoloji eSouthern Adventist University oye wafunda ngokusabalala kwe-Choro spider. “Kungenye yezinto ezigcina lonke uvalo lomphakathi luvaliwe.”
Isicabucabu iChoro, isicabucabu esikhulu esidabuka eMpumalanga Asia, sakha ulwelwesi lwaso eJohns Creek, eGeorgia, ngo-Okthoba 24, 2021. Izinhlobo zalolu hlobo bezilokhu zikhula ezingxenyeni zaseNingizimu kanye nase-East Coast iminyaka eminingi, futhi abacwaningi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi kuyindaba yesikhathi nje ngaphambi kokuba zisakazekele engxenyeni enkulu yezwekazi lase-United States.
Kunalokho, ososayensi bakhathazekile ngokusabalala okwandayo kwezinhlobo ezihlaselayo ezingadala umonakalo ezitshalweni nasezihlahleni zethu—inkinga ebhebhethekiswa ukuhweba komhlaba wonke kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, okwenza izimo zemvelo zendawo ezazingenakwenzeka ngaphambili ukusinda ebusika obubandayo zibe mnandi kakhulu.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi lolu olunye lwezinhlobo ‘ze-canary emayini yamalahle’ ezivelele futhi ezithola ukunakwa okukhulu,” kuchaza uHannah Berrack, uprofesa kanye nosihlalo womnyango wezinambuzane eMichigan State University. Kodwa izilwane ezinamahloni azibangeli ingozi ethile kubantu. Kunalokho, izinambuzane ezingavamile njengezimpukane zezithelo kanye nezibungu zezinkuni zingadala umonakalo omkhulu, kusho uBurak.
“Lena inkinga yomhlaba wonke ngoba yenza kube nzima ukuphatha konke esikwenzayo ezindaweni zemvelo, ukukhiqizwa kwezolimo kanye nempilo yabantu,” kusho yena.
I-Spider Choro yakha iwebhu, mhla zingama-27 kuMandulo 2022, e-Atlanta. Ochwepheshe be-Spider bathi ijaji lisaphumile ekutheni izicabucabu zizoba namuphi umthelela lapho zifika ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zezwe, nokuthi ngabe lezi zidalwa ziyakufanelekela yini ukucosha ithini likaRaid.
Zivela eMpumalanga Asia, ziza ngemibala ephuzi nemnyama futhi zingakhula zibe amasentimitha amathathu ubude uma imilenze yazo inwetshiwe ngokuphelele.
Kodwa-ke, kunzima ukuzibona ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka njengoba zisesesigabeni sokuqala somjikelezo wazo wokuphila futhi zilingana nohlamvu lwelayisi kuphela. Iso eliqeqeshwe lingase libone inethi elingangebhola elithambile everanda noma imicu yegolide ezimboza ngayo utshani. Izintuthwane ezindala zivame kakhulu ngo-Agasti nangoSepthemba.
UDavid Coyle, uprofesa osizayo eClemson University, uthe ososayensi basazama ukuthola impendulo. UCoyle wabambisana noNelson ocwaningweni lwezintaba zaseChoro olwanyatheliswa ngoNovemba. Isibalo sabo esiphakathi sihlala e-Atlanta, kodwa sisabalala siye eCarolinas naseningizimu-mpumalanga yeTennessee. UCoyle uthe isibalo sabantu abasebenzisa i-satellite sesivele sikhona eBaltimore eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Ngokuqondene nokuthi lolu hlobo luzovame nini eNyakatho-mpumalanga, ucwaningo lwabo lusikiselani ekugcineni? “Mhlawumbe kulo nyaka, mhlawumbe eminyakeni eyishumi kusukela manje, asazi ngempela,” esho. “Cishe ngeke bafeze okuningi ngonyaka owodwa. Kuzoba uchungechunge lwezinyathelo eziqhubekayo.”
Izinsana zingakwazi: Zisebenzisa isu elibizwa ngokuthi “ibhaluni”, izicabucabu ezincane ze-choro zingasebenzisa ama-web azo ukusebenzisa imimoya yomhlaba kanye nemisinga kagesi ukuze zihambe amabanga amade. Kodwa ngeke ubone isicabucabu se-Choro esikhulile zindiza.
I-Spider Choro yakha iwebhu, mhla zingama-27 kuMandulo 2022, e-Atlanta. Nakuba abantu abaningi bekhathazekile ngokuthi izicabucabu zingandiza, izingane kuphela ezingandiza: zisebenzisa isu elibizwa ngokuthi “i-ballooning”, izicabucabu ezincane ze-Choro zingasebenzisa amawebhu azo ukusebenzisa imimoya yomhlaba kanye nemisinga kagesi ukuze zihambe amabanga amade.
Izicabucabu ze-Choro zidla noma yini eziyibambayo kulwebu lwazo, ikakhulukazi izinambuzane. Lokhu kungenzeka kusho ukuthi zizoncintisana nezicabucabu zendawo ngokudla, kodwa lokho kungase kungabi yinto embi kangako—u-Andy Davis, usosayensi ocwaningayo eNyuvesi yaseGeorgia, ubhale mathupha ukuthi ukudla okubanjwa yi-Choro nsuku zonke nakho kondla izinyoni zendawo.
Ngokuqondene nethemba labanye ababukeli lokuthi izicabucabu ze-choro zizodla i-lanternfly enamabala ehlaselayo ebhubhisa izihlahla ogwini olusempumalanga? Zingase zidle kancane, kodwa amathuba okuba zibe nomthelela kubantu “awekho,” kusho uCoyle.
UNielsen uthe izicabucabu zeChoro, njengazo zonke izicabucabu, zinobuthi, kodwa abubulali noma abubalulekile kwezokwelapha kubantu. Okubi nakakhulu, ukulunywa yiJoro kungabangela ukulunywa noma ukusabela kokungezwani komzimba. Kodwa lesi sidalwa esinamahloni sivame ukugwema abantu.
Ngolunye usuku, umonakalo wangempela kubantu uzovela ekufakweni kabanzi kwezinye izinto eziphilayo, njenge-ash borer noma i-fruit fly ebizwa ngokuthi i-spotted wing drosophila, ezisongela imithombo yemvelo esithembele kuyo.
“Ngizama ukuba nombono oqondile ngokwesayensi. Lena yindlela yokuzivikela osizini. Kodwa kunomonakalo omkhulu kakhulu wemvelo owenzeka emhlabeni wonke ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, iningi lawo libangelwa abantu,” kuchaza uDavis. “Kimina, lesi esinye isibonelo somthelela womuntu emvelweni.”
Umdlali omusha, uJoro the Spider, uvele esiteji phakathi kokucula kwama-cicada. Ngombala wawo ophuzi okhanyayo okhangayo, la ma-arachnid kunzima ukuwakhumbula…
Isicabucabu iChoro, isicabucabu esikhulu esidabuka eMpumalanga Asia, sakha ulwelwesi lwaso eJohns Creek, eGeorgia, ngo-Okthoba 24, 2021. Izinhlobo zalolu hlobo bezilokhu zikhula ezingxenyeni zaseNingizimu kanye nase-East Coast iminyaka eminingi, futhi abacwaningi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi kuyindaba yesikhathi nje ngaphambi kokuba zisakazekele engxenyeni enkulu yezwekazi lase-United States.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-11-2024