Chilengedwe chathu ndichuma komanso mbalame zomwe zimadya pazinthu zapadera. Imodzi mwa mbalamezi idzafotokozedwa. Ichi ndi kachilomboka. Pali mitundu itatu yokha ya mbalame zotere padziko lapansi. Awiri mwa ife tikukhala. Osoedy amakhala ku Asia ndi Europe. Kwa nyengo yozizira, mbalame zimawuluka kupita kukapumula ku South Asia kapena Africa.
M'malo achisanu, amasankha malo ofanana ndi malo awo okhala. Beetle ndi mbalame yoposa theka la mita kutalika, ndi mapiko ofika mpaka mita 1.5. Mbalameyi imathamanga komanso imatha kusuntha. Ichi ndi chiwindi chachitali, pafupifupi chiyembekezo chamoyo chimafika zaka 30.
Chapakatikati, pofika m'mbali zotentha, mbalame zimasankha malo oti zimange zisa, kapena kutenga chaka chatha. Nyumbu zikuluzikulu m'mphepete mwa nkhalango pafupi ndi malo. Ndipo kuti zilombo zomwe sanazipezeko sizinazipeze, mphukira zonse za anapiyewo, mbalame zimatengedwa kuchisa limodzi ndi masamba ndikukutengera kumalo komwe zimakhala.
Mating, kafadala achikazi nthawi zambiri amayikira mazira 1-2. Pakhoza kukhala zina, koma ndizosowa. Onse awiri amathandizira anapiyewo, pakasinthana, kwa masiku 30. Pambuyo pobadwa, anapiye amayamba kuwuluka patatha masiku 45. Tizilombo ting'onoting'ono timayamba kupatsidwa mphutsi.
Kenako makolowo amayamba kubweretsa zisa za chisa ku chisa kuti anapiyewo aziphunzitsa okha kuti azipeza chakudya chawo. Ana a chikumbu amatha kudya mphutsi pafupifupi chikwi patsiku. Zakudya za falcon yoyera-yoyera imakhalanso yosangalatsa. Chakudya chokoma kwambiri kwa iye ndi njuchi zakutchire ndi mphutsi za mavu.
Amakonda mavu okha, koma nkhope zawo zimakhala zowala. Tizilomboti tikapeza zisa za mavu, timazang'amba ndi zofowoka komanso timachotsa mphutsi ku uchi. Mukakhala kuti mulibe, oledzerawo amatha kulawa zinyama zazing'ono ndi zokwawa.
Mukasaka chakudya, kafadala amatha kukhala pamalo amodzi kwa nthawi yayitali osasuntha, kufunafuna nyama. Mbalame imatha kudziwa kuti ndi ndani amene amadutsa kale, ndi uchi kapena wopanda uchi. Atazindikira kuti ntchentche zauluka, adayesa kuzitsatira mpaka chisa.
Mimbulu imakonda mavu ndi njuchi zonse, koma zomwe sizinachite kulembedwa sizinajambulidwe. Dziwani kuti kachilombo ka uchi ndimamene ndi mbalame zokha padziko lapansi zomwe zimawombana ndi poizoni. Tizilomboti titha kutalika masentimita 5. M'malo ena, kachilomboka walembedwa mu Buku Lofiyira.
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