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Spiny oak slug

Euclea delphinii
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Rujas ed insects Pails che piztganMangia: Plantas
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The spiny oak slug is the caterpillar of a moth in the family Limacodidae. It lives on deciduous trees and shrubs across the eastern United States, and its spiny body can cause painful skin reactions, so it is worth knowing well.1

Viva en
Eastern United States, from East Minnesota to Maine and New Brunswick; most common in West Virginia1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It feeds on the leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs, including oak, maple, apple, cherry, birch and willow.1
Lunghezza
2 cm (0,8 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
The caterpillars eat the leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs, including apple, ash, beech, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, sycamore and willow.1
Propi!Foto da Spiny oak slug
Spiny oak slug. Foto: Douglas Goldman. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Usually yellowish green, with bright red, square markings on the back, though orange forms are also common.1
  • The body is flattened and oval in outline, with spiny bumps along the back and sides.1
  • The sides have craters ringed with black or white.1
  • Maximum length is about 2 cm.1

Savens confundì cun: Caterpillars are often confused with other caterpillars in the same genus, particularly Parasa species. The adult moths are the easiest to tell apart: Parasa has a larger green patch on its forewings, while Euclea delphinii has a brown thorax, where Parasa has a green one.1

Forza dal tissi

Pails che piztgan

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

The spiny bumps along the back and sides are venomous. In people, symptoms range from mild itching and burning to more serious reactions.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

Contact can cause mild itching and burning. Some reactions are serious enough to need medical attention.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Spiny oak slug circa 2 cm lung (0,8 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiripli plaun ch'ina lindorna da curtin

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Some hairs at the tail end of the final caterpillar stage are called 'caltrop' spines, after Roman defensive weapons. They can fall off.1

2

The pupa sits in a cup-shaped cocoon with a circular escape hatch.1

3

Several parasitoids attack this species, including tachinid flies and both eulophid and braconid wasps.1

4

Males far outnumber females in these populations.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Euclea delphinii
Gruppa
Rujas ed insects
Famiglia
Limacodidae2
Urden
Lepidoptera
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
Eggs are laid singly or in small clusters on leaves.1
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Spiny oak slug (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Euclea delphinii (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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