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Natal Bag-shelter moth
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Bag-shelter moth

Ochrogaster lunifer
Ko faati e innde ndee: The caterpillars are called processionary caterpillars because they travel in single file, and bag-shelter because they live in silk bag nests.1
Ina muusi tanWota a meemIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli Leɓɓe jukkoojeIna ñaama: Puɗɗi
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The bag-shelter moth is a moth whose caterpillars live together in silken bag nests and march in long lines. Its hairs can cause skin rashes, so it matters to anyone who lives in or visits mainland Australia.1

Ina wuuri e
Found throughout mainland Australia1
Ostaraali e Oseyaani
Hello arano
Caterpillars shelter during the day in silken bag nests on branches, high on trunks, or at the base of their food plant. They feed on acacia (wattle) trees and Grevillea striata (beefwood). In autumn, the mature caterpillars travel in long single-file processions to find places to pupate.1
Juuteendi
5 cm (2 in)3
mawnude mawɗo heewɗo
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
Caterpillars feed on the leaves of acacia (wattle) trees and Grevillea striata, mostly at night after the early stages. Adult moths do not feed, as their mouthparts do not work.1
Goonga!Natal Bag-shelter moth
Bag-shelter moth. Natal: Donald Hobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Adult moths have a woolly appearance and wings up to 5.5 cm across.1
  • Forewings are dark grey or brown. Hindwings are white, shading to grey at the base.1
  • Some moths have a pale dot in the centre of each forewing, and some have white lines across the wings.1
  • The abdomen is banded and ends in a white tuft of hairs.1
  • Caterpillars live in brown silk bag nests by day and feed at night, moving in single-file lines.1

Doole tooke

Leɓɓe jukkooje

Leɓɓe tokooso ina pelloo e nguru, ina njukka.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The hairs on the egg masses, caterpillars and adult moths can cause irritating skin rashes (dermatitis) in humans and other animals. Records also list osteomyelitis, eye inflammation (ophthalmia) and more severe allergic reactions. In horses, eating the caterpillars may cause pregnant mares to abort.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When disturbed, caterpillars curl up into a tight bunch, and their loose hairs can be carried away on the wind.1

So a meemii leɓɓe mum

  • Ngam leɓɓe ngooɓuuli jukkooje: ittu ɗe e skots ɓataaɗo, refti loot nguru ngu. Wota a moomtu.
  • Ngam ŋatgol: loot nokku oo, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓ ballal cafrol so neɗɗo oo ina wiya wonaa e jam, walla ina ƴiiɗa ko newii.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So a meemii leɓɓe mum: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Bag-shelter moth hedde 5 cm juutde (2 in)Ñippirde kaayitaaje hedde 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)
ɓuri hondu maa tokooso rabbaɗdeɓuri kokiyaas ngesa leelde

Hol no Bag-shelter moth mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

The final caterpillar stage carries more than two million urticating hairs (setae).1

2

A procession can contain a hundred or more caterpillars, each one holding onto the tail hairs of the one in front.1

3

Caterpillars follow silk trails left by others, and if two meet on each other's trails they can walk in a circle, sometimes forming a large circular mass.1

4

Females cover their eggs with scales from the tuft at the end of their abdomen to protect them from predators.1

5

The whole life cycle takes one year, and the caterpillars live together as a group from egg to pre-pupa.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Ochrogaster lunifer
Fedde
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli
Ɓesngu
Notodontidae2
Ordre
Lepidoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Ostaraali e Oseyaani
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Females lay an egg mass of 150 to 550 eggs on the trunk or in the canopy of a host tree. The eggs hatch after about 3 to 4 weeks.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Ochrogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ochrogaster lunifer (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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