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Brown-tail moth

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Maak net seerMoenie aanraak nieDit maak seer, maar dit sal jou nie ernstig skade doen nie.

Ruspes & goggas

BrandhareEet: Plante

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

The brown-tail moth is a moth whose caterpillars are covered in tiny irritating hairs. It is native to Europe, neighbouring parts of Asia and the north coast of Africa. Its hairs can cause a very itchy rash, so it matters to anyone who works or plays near trees it feeds on.1

Leef in

Native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. Introduced to the north-eastern United States and Canada.1

Europa, Asië

Tuis

It lives in trees and shrubs, including pear, apple, maple and oak, and is a pest of fruit orchards and hardwood forests. People meet it when the caterpillars and their winter tents are on trees, and when shed hairs blow onto lawns, clothes and shoes.1

Lengte

3,6 cm tot 4,2 cm (1,4 in tot 1,7 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of many kinds of trees and shrubs, a habit that is unusual for a single species. They feed in groups in the spring and summer and then overwinter in communal tents.1

Foto van Brown-tail moth — Brown-tail moth. Foto: Drepanostoma. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Adults have pure white upper wings and a hairy white body with a tuft of brown hair at the tip of the tail end.1
Adults have a wingspan of 36 to 42 millimetres.1
Caterpillars are very hairy, brown with white markings, and have two prominent red spots toward the tail end.1
In late autumn and winter, silken tents hang on branch tips, which are a sign that the caterpillars are present.1

Word dikwels verwar met: Euproctis similis, also native to Europe, is similar as an adult but the female has a yellow tail tuft. Hyphantria cunea, native to North America, is similar too, but it lacks the coloured tail tuft.1

Gifkrag

Brandhare

Piepklein haartjies of borsels breek in die vel af en brand.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

The hairs are not venom injected by a bite or sting. They are toxic and irritating to skin. Barbed hairs lodge in the skin and cause physical irritation, and chemicals in the hairs also irritate it. If inhaled, the hairs can cause breathing difficulties similar to asthma. The toxins stay active for up to three years after the hairs are shed.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

Contact with the hairs causes a very itchy rash that can last for weeks. Doctors reported rashes worse than poison ivy rash in the early 1900s. Breathing difficulties can occur if the hairs are inhaled.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Its hairs protect the caterpillars from predators, and the caterpillars use some hairs in their cocoons.1

As jy aan sy hare raak

Vir ruspe-brandhare: lig hulle af met kleefband en was dan die vel. Moenie vryf nie.
Vir byte: was en koel af. Kry mediese hulp as die persoon sleg voel of maklik bloei.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As jy aan sy hare raak: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

korter as jou pinkiestadiger as 'n tuinslak

Hoe groot is Brown-tail moth in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

Brown-tail moth omtrent 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

'n Tuinslak omtrent 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

The hairs of the caterpillars can cause a rash even when no one touches a caterpillar, because shed hairs can blow in the wind.1

Brown-tail moths were described in outbreaks in Paris, London and Berlin as far back as the 1500s, when they stripped trees of leaves.1

The species spends about nine months of its year as caterpillars, which is unusually long for a moth.1

Caterpillars spend the winter together in silken tents built at branch tips, rather than spreading out.1

A parasitic fly introduced to North America in 1906 to control spongy moths also strongly affected brown-tail moths.1

Mite-breker

Mite: You can only get the rash by touching the caterpillars.

Waarheid: Hairs are shed and can become windblown, and they can be carried indoors on clothing and shoes, so a rash can occur without direct contact with the caterpillars.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Groep: Ruspes & goggas
Familie: Erebidae2
Orde: Lepidoptera
Kontinente: Europa, Asië
Babas: Females lay one cluster of 200 to 400 eggs, usually on the underside of a leaf.1
Gevaar vir mense: 2 / 5: Pynlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Brown-tail moth (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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