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Bag-shelter moth

Ochrogaster lunifer

Davart il num: The caterpillars are called processionary caterpillars because they travel in single file, and bag-shelter because they live in silk bag nests.1

Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Rujas ed insects

Pails che piztganMangia: Plantas

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en

Found throughout mainland Australia1

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

5 cm (2 in)3

grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

Foto da Bag-shelter moth — Bag-shelter moth. Foto: Donald Hobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

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

Forza dal tissi

Pails che piztgan

Pitschens pails u spinas finas sa rumpan en la pel e piztgan.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

Sche ti tutgas ses pails

Tar pails da rujas che piztgan: auza els davent cun in bindel adesiv, lava lura la pel. Na sfruscha betg.
Tar morsas: lava e sfradenta. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain u sanguinescha facilmain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sche ti tutgas ses pails: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

pli curt che tes det pitschenpli plaun ch'ina lindorna da curtin

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Quant svelt è el?

Bag-shelter moth circa 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

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

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

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Ochrogaster lunifer
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Notodontidae2
Urden: Lepidoptera
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Poppins: 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
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Ochrogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ochrogaster lunifer (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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