Spiny oak slug
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

Maziviro ayo
- 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
Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: 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
Simba reuturu
Mvere diki dzinodimbukira muganda dzichibaya.
Uturu hwayo hunoitei?
The spiny bumps along the back and sides are venomous. In people, symptoms range from mild itching and burning to more serious reactions.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ngozi shomaSenyuchi kubaya kana kushoma. Kazhinji haina ngozi kuvanhu.Contact can cause mild itching and burning. Some reactions are serious enough to need medical attention.1
Kana ukabata mvere dzayo
- 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?
inenge kureba sechibatanidzo chemapepa
inononoka kupfuura hozhwa yemugadheniSpiny oak slug yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
Some hairs at the tail end of the final caterpillar stage are called 'caltrop' spines, after Roman defensive weapons. They can fall off.1
The pupa sits in a cup-shaped cocoon with a circular escape hatch.1
Several parasitoids attack this species, including tachinid flies and both eulophid and braconid wasps.1
Males far outnumber females in these populations.1
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Spiny oak slug (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Euclea delphinii (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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