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Mottled cup moth

Doratifera vulnerans
Ko fii innde ndee: The scientific name Doratifera vulnerans means "bearer of gifts of wounds", which refers to the caterpillar's stinging spines.1
No muusi tunWota a meemNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli Leɓɓe jukkoojeNo ñaama: Leɗɗe
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The mottled cup moth is a small Australian moth. Its caterpillar is the part to know about, because it has yellow stinging spines that release painful toxins when touched. The caterpillar's bright bands warn that it is dangerous.1

No hoɗi nder
Australia1
Ostarali e Oseyani
Hello arano
Females lay eggs in clusters on leaves, most often on Eucalyptus trees. They sometimes use other trees, including guava and apricot. The caterpillars feed on leaves and hang from trees in their cocoons.1
Juutugol
2 cm haa 5 cm (0,8 in haa 2 in)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
The caterpillars feed on leaves, mainly Eucalyptus leaves, and sometimes on guava and apricot trees.1
Goonga!Natal Mottled cup moth
Mottled cup moth. Natal: unknown. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • The adult moth has a rust-coloured body and a white area around its antennae.1
  • Its two pairs of legs have white bands on the front pair.1
  • The forewings are shiny rust-coloured with silvery edges, and the hindwings are dull white.1
  • The caterpillar is only about 2 cm long, grey with many dark spots and streaks.1
  • Each side of the caterpillar has a clear yellow band lined with green, and it has spiny projections at both ends.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Leɓɓe jukkooje

Leɓɓe tokosɗe walla cuddi no taƴoo nder nguru, no njukka.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The caterpillar's yellow needle-like spines contain a mixture of at least 151 toxins, which are proteins or protein-like substances. The spines cause pain and can induce severely inflamed swellings. The toxins are released when the spine tips break on contact.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

Contact with the spines causes painful, severely inflamed swellings.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

The caterpillar raises up to eight projections, each with about a hundred stinging spines, but only when it is disturbed or agitated. Its banded colours warn predators that it is dangerous.1

Si a meemii leɓɓe mum

  • Ngam leɓɓe ngooɓuuli jukkooje: ittu ɗe e skotsi ɓataaɗo, refti loot nguru ngun. Wota a moomtu.
  • Ngam ŋatgol: loot nokku on, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓu ballal doktoro si neɗɗo on no yi'a o selliraali, walla no ƴiiɗa ko newii.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si a meemii leɓɓe mum: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Mottled cup moth juuti wona 5 cm (2 in)Ñippirde kayitaaje wona 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon smart wona 15 cm (5,9 in)
ɓuri hoɓɓere maa tokoosere rabbiɗugolɓuri kokiyaasi ngesa leelugol

Hono Mottled cup moth mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

Researchers at the University of Queensland reported in 2021 that the caterpillar's venom contains at least 151 different toxins.1

2

The toxin cecropin causes the pain and also breaks down the cell membranes of bacteria and worms.1

3

A protein called DV33 can kill Haemonchus contortus, a roundworm that affects sheep.1

4

Some of the toxins have medicinal properties, such as the ability to kill harmful bacteria and parasitic worms.1

5

Some of the nervous-system proteins in the venom may have beneficial effects, such as in epilepsy.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Doratifera vulnerans
Fedde
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli
Ɓesngu
Limacodidae2
Ordre
Lepidoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Ostarali e Oseyani
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
Females lay eggs in clusters on leaves and cover them with body hairs.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Doratifera vulnerans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Doratifera vulnerans (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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