Bag-shelter moth
The bag-shelter moth is a moth whose caterpillars live together in silken bag nests and march in long lines. Its hairs can cause skin rashes, so it matters to anyone who lives in or visits mainland Australia.1

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- Adult moths have a woolly appearance and wings up to 5.5 cm across.1
- Forewings are dark grey or brown. Hindwings are white, shading to grey at the base.1
- Some moths have a pale dot in the centre of each forewing, and some have white lines across the wings.1
- The abdomen is banded and ends in a white tuft of hairs.1
- Caterpillars live in brown silk bag nests by day and feed at night, moving in single-file lines.1
Awoodda sunta
Timo ama cows yaryar ayaa maqaarka ku jaba oo muda.
Intee buu dadka khatar ugu yahay?
Khatarta dadka: Xanuun badanAad buu u xanuunjin karaa, laakiin ku dhowaad weligiis khatar weyn ma aha.The hairs on the egg masses, caterpillars and adult moths can cause irritating skin rashes (dermatitis) in humans and other animals. Records also list osteomyelitis, eye inflammation (ophthalmia) and more severe allergic reactions. In horses, eating the caterpillars may cause pregnant mares to abort.1
Muxuu sameeyaa marka uu baqo?
When disturbed, caterpillars curl up into a tight bunch, and their loose hairs can be carried away on the wind.1
Haddii aad taabato timihiisa
- Timaha mudda ee dirxiga: ku qaad cajalad dhegdheg ah, kadib dhaq maqaarka. Ha xoqin.
- Qaniinyada: dhaq oo qabooji. Hel caawimaad caafimaad haddii qofku dareemo xanuun ama uu si fudud u dhiig baxo.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
Badbaado
- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii aad taabato timihiisa: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
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Xaqiiqooyin
The final caterpillar stage carries more than two million urticating hairs (setae).1
A procession can contain a hundred or more caterpillars, each one holding onto the tail hairs of the one in front.1
Caterpillars follow silk trails left by others, and if two meet on each other's trails they can walk in a circle, sometimes forming a large circular mass.1
Females cover their eggs with scales from the tuft at the end of their abdomen to protect them from predators.1
The whole life cycle takes one year, and the caterpillars live together as a group from egg to pre-pupa.1
Khubarada sunta
- Magaca sayniska
- Ochrogaster lunifer
- Koox
- Dirxiyo iyo cayayaan
- Qoys
- Notodontidae2
- Kala horreynta
- Lepidoptera
- Qaaradaha
- Awstaraaliya iyo Oceania
- Carruurta yaryar
- Females lay an egg mass of 150 to 550 eggs on the trunk or in the canopy of a host tree. The eggs hatch after about 3 to 4 weeks.1
- Khatarta dadka
- 2 / 5: Xanuun badan3
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Ochrogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ochrogaster lunifer (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
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