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

Uko wayimenya
- 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
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubwoya buto cyane cyangwa uduhwa ducika tukaguma mu ruhu tukaryana.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
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
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.Contact with the spines causes painful, severely inflamed swellings.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
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
Niba ukoze ku bwoya bwayo
- Ku bwoya bw'ibinyabwoya biryana: bukureho ukoresheje sikoci ifata, hanyuma woze uruhu. Ntugakube.
- Iyo yarumye: oza aho yarumye kandi uhakonjeshe. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga niba umuntu yumva atameze neza cyangwa ava amaraso byoroshye.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba ukoze ku bwoya bwayo: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ngufi kurusha agahera kawe
itinda kurusha ikinyamushongo cyo mu murimaMottled cup moth ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
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
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Doratifera vulnerans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Doratifera vulnerans (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
Buri kintu kivugwa kuri iyi paji gifite nimero yerekana aho cyavuye. Niba twibeshye, tubabarire, turi abakunzi b'inyamaswa, ntituri ikinyamakuru cya siyansi. Tubwire kuri [email protected] tuzabikosora.
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