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Venezuelan fire caterpillar

Lonomia achelous

Po mazzarBetg tutgarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sche ti tutgas ses pails, tschertga spert agid.

Rujas ed insects

Pails che piztganMangia: Plantas

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

This is a caterpillar with venomous spines. It lives in South America and is the larva of a large silkworm moth. Its spines can break off in the skin and release venom, so it is one of the more dangerous caterpillars in the region.1

Viva en

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela in South America1

America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

It lives in South American forests and shrubland where it feeds on shrubs and woody trees. During the day it groups together on tree trunks or at the base of plants.1

Lunghezza

5 cm (2 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

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

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

The caterpillars feed on the leaves of shrubs and several woody trees, mostly at night.1

Foto da Venezuelan fire caterpillar — Venezuelan fire caterpillar. Foto: Diogo Luiz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Caterpillar about 5 cm long with a thick, bristly body1
Body is greenish brown with a dark brown or black head1
Young caterpillars are usually light green and darken as they grow1
Covered in pointed, hollow spines called spicules1
Feeds at night and rests in groups by day1

Forza dal tissi

Pails che piztgan

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

The venom has strong clotting effects. It contains substances that both activate and block the blood's ability to clot. Bleeding can appear late, including bleeding inside the lungs and the brain.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The bleeding caused by the venom can show up after a delay. This includes bleeding into the lungs and bleeding in the brain.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Its hollow spines inject venom into any intruder when they are broken off in the skin.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

Quant grond è Venezuelan fire caterpillar cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Venezuelan fire caterpillar 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 caterpillar's spines are hollow, and they break on contact with skin.1

The adult moth's wings are shades of pale to medium brown and look like a dead leaf.1

The caterpillars are active at night and gather on trunks or at the base of plants during the day.1

Juvenile caterpillars are light green and darken as they grow older.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Lonomia achelous
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Saturniidae2
Urden: Lepidoptera
Continents: America dal Sid
Poppins: The moth lays light greenish yellow, barrel-shaped eggs on suitable host plants.1
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

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