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White-marked tussock moth

Orgyia leucostigma
Ku linnya: The genus name Orgyia comes from the ancient Greek word for 'outstretched arms', because at rest the moth stretches its forelegs forward like arms.1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Ebisaanyi n'ebiwuka Ebyoya ebibojjaKirya: Ebimera
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The white-marked tussock moth is a moth whose caterpillar is brightly coloured and covered in hairs. It is very common in late summer in eastern North America, and its hairs can cause an allergic reaction in many people who touch them.1

Kibeera mu
Eastern North America, west as far as Texas, California and Alberta1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
The caterpillars feed on a very wide range of trees, both deciduous and coniferous. They spin cocoons in bark crevices. Outbreaks have been reported on Manitoba maple and elm in urban areas.1
Obuwanvu
3,5 cm (1,4 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Young caterpillars skeletonise the surface of leaves. Older caterpillars eat everything except the larger veins.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya White-marked tussock moth
White-marked tussock moth. Ekifaananyi: Fyn Kynd. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Caterpillar has a bright red head and yellow or white stripes on the body, with a black stripe along the middle of the back1
  • Caterpillar has bright red glands at the hind end of the back and four white, toothbrush-like tufts standing out from the back1
  • Caterpillar has a grey-brown hair pencil at its hind end1
  • Adult males are grey with wavy black lines and a white spot on the forewings1
  • Adult males have very feathery antennae; females have reduced wings and stay near their cocoon1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) is similar to the adult male but is a rusty colour rather than grey.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Ebyoya ebibojja

Obwoya obutono oba obusongovu bukutukira mu lususu ne bubojja.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

Touching the hairs of the caterpillar sets off an allergic reaction in many humans.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

The caterpillar has bright red defensive glands on the hind end of its back, and its hairs can cause an allergic reaction if touched.1

Bw'okwata ku byoya byakyo

  • Ku byoya by'ebisaanyi ebibojja: bijjeeko ne tteepu ekwata, oluvannyuma naaza olususu. Tokolokota.
  • Ku kulumwa: naaza era nyogoza. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo singa omuntu awulira bubi oba omusaayi gumuvaamu mangu.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'okwata ku byoya byayo: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

White-marked tussock moth kiwanvu nga 3,5 cm (1,4 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
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White-marked tussock moth kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

The four white tufts on the caterpillar's back may mimic the cocoons of parasitic wasps.1

2

Large caterpillars are mostly eaten by birds, while small caterpillars mostly disappear while dispersing.1

3

The fungus Entomophaga maimaiga was introduced to North America to control the spongy moth, and it also infects this species.1

4

There are two or more generations each year in eastern North America, and the eggs overwinter.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Orgyia leucostigma
Ekibinja
Ebisaanyi n'ebiwuka
Amaka
Erebidae2
Ensengeka
Lepidoptera
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
Eggs are laid in a single mass over the female's cocoon and covered in a froth, with up to 300 eggs laid at a time.1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Orgyia leucostigma (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Orgyia leucostigma (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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