Mottled cup moth
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 anndirto nde
- 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
Leeɓi pamari walla gi'e pamari ina taƴa nder nguru, ina fiɗa.
Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?
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
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.Contact with the spines causes painful, severely inflamed swellings.1
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde 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 memii leeɓi mum
- Ngam leeɓi gilɗi fiɗooji: ittu ɗi e selotef, refti lootu nguru. Taa momtu.
- Ngam ŋatol: lootu e ɓuuɓnu. Heɓu ballal doktaa si neɗɗo oo ɓanndu mum welaani walla ƴiiƴam ina yalta mo ko newi.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
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- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si a memii leeɓi mum: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Nde huutora tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reende hoore mum, nde ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
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Hol no nde juuti?
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ɓuri leeltude katantanwa ngesaHol no Mottled cup moth mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
Researchers at the University of Queensland reported in 2021 that the caterpillar's venom contains at least 151 different toxins.1
The toxin cecropin causes the pain and also breaks down the cell membranes of bacteria and worms.1
A protein called DV33 can kill Haemonchus contortus, a roundworm that affects sheep.1
Some of the toxins have medicinal properties, such as the ability to kill harmful bacteria and parasitic worms.1
Some of the nervous-system proteins in the venom may have beneficial effects, such as in epilepsy.1
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Doratifera vulnerans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Doratifera vulnerans (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
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