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

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- 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
Makasi ya venin
Nsuki to ba poil ya mike ebukanaka na kati ya loposo mpe etubaka.
Venin na yango esalaka nini?
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
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Epesaka pasiEkoki kopesa pasi mingi, kasi pene na ntango nyonso ezalaka likambo monene te.Contact with the spines causes painful, severely inflamed swellings.1
Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
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
Soki osimbi nsuki na yango
- Mpo na nsuki ya mbinzo oyo etubaka: longola yango na scotch, sima sukola loposo. Kofrotter loposo te.
- Mpo na kosuama: sukola mpe pesa malili. Luka lisalisi ya monganga soki moto ayoki nzoto malamu te to soki makila ezali kobima ye pete.
Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso
Zala na libateli
- Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
- Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
- Soki osimbi nsuki na yango: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.
Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
mokuse koleka mosapi na yo ya moke
malembe koleka escargot ya elangaMottled cup moth azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?
Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.
Mbangu na yango boni?
Makambo ya solo
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
Esika makambo euti
- Doratifera vulnerans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Doratifera vulnerans (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
- Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.
Likambo nyonso na lokasa oyo ezali na nimero oyo elakisi source na yango. Soki tosali libunga, limbisa biso, tozali bato oyo balingaka banyama, zulunale ya siansi te. Yebisa biso na [email protected] mpe tokobongisa yango.
Nsuki oyo etubaka