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Giant silkworm moth caterpillar

Lonomia obliqua
Nezvezita: The scientific name Lonomia obliqua is the name given to this species. The English name 'giant silk moth' refers to the adult moth, which belongs to the family of giant silk moths.1
Inogona kuurayaUsabataInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ukabata mvere dzayo, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Makonye nezvipukanana Mvere dzinobaya
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

This is the caterpillar of a large moth from South America, the giant silk moth. The caterpillar is famous for its venom, which is one of the most dangerous of any caterpillar. It lives in southern Brazil and nearby countries, and it has caused many deaths.1

Inogara mu
Southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná), with recent cases in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais; also Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina1
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Kumba
The species is found in the south of Brazil and nearby countries. People have been stung while handling leafy branches to clear a trail or gather vegetation.1
Kureba
4,1 cm kusvika 6,7 cm (1,6 in kusvika 2,6 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waGiant silkworm moth caterpillar
Giant silkworm moth caterpillar. Mufananidzo: Centro de Informações Toxicológicas de Santa Catarina, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Length of about 4.1 to 6.7 cm1
  • Background colour ranges from green to brown, which helps it blend in1
  • Rows of small bumps, each topped with a cluster of easily detached spines of different sizes1

Simba reuturu

Mvere dzinobaya

Mvere diki dzinodimbukira muganda dzichibaya.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The venom is held in sacs at the base of each spine and flows through the hollow spines into the wound. It causes disseminated intravascular coagulation, which stops the blood from clotting and leads to bleeding into the tissues and internal organs. After an initial phase of headache, fever, vomiting and malaise, a severe bleeding disorder can develop after about 24 hours.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The caterpillar has been responsible for at least 500 deaths. In Brazil, 42,264 accidents were recorded between 2007 and 2017, of which 248 were severe and five were fatal. The reported death rate is 2.5%. Most victims were male (63%), and 45% were between 0 and 21 years old.1

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

Its body is covered in hairs and spines that break off easily and inject venom into anything that touches them.1

Kana ukabata mvere dzayo

  • A study by Dr Robert Norris states that stings and abrasions should be treated with antifibrinolytics. If blood products are needed, they must be given with care so they do not worsen the bleeding. An antiserum made by the Butantan Institute in São Paulo reverses the clotting problems, and patients treated with it recover quickly.1
  • Kune mvere dzemakonye anobaya: dzibvise nekamatepi kanonamira, wozogeza ganda. Usakwesha.
  • Kana yakuruma: geza parumwa wotonhodza. Wana rubatsiro rwechiremba kana munhu asinganzwi zvakanaka kana achibuda ropa zviri nyore.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana ukabata mvere dzayo: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Giant silkworm moth caterpillar kunenge 6,7 cm kureba (2,6 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 2 zvakateedzanainononoka kupfuura hozhwa yemugadheni

Giant silkworm moth caterpillar yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

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Guinness World Records lists it as the most venomous caterpillar in the world.1

2

Before studies of Lonomia caterpillars, it was not known that caterpillars could produce enough toxin to kill a person.1

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Its venom contains anti-clotting agents that have been studied for possible medical uses, including a component called Lopap.1

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The first known epidemic happened in an farming community in Rio Grande do Sul, where victims had only handled leafy branches before their symptoms began.1

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Only two of the 26 Lonomia species found in the Americas, L. obliqua and L. achelous, have caused severe reactions.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Caterpillars cannot produce toxins strong enough to kill a person.

Chokwadi: This caterpillar's venom can kill. At least 500 deaths have been linked to it.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Lonomia obliqua
Boka
Makonye nezvipukanana
Mhuri
Saturniidae2
Odha
Lepidoptera
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Lonomia obliqua (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lonomia obliqua (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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