Venezuelan fire caterpillar
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

Matla a chefo
Boya bo bonyenyane kapa ditlhaka di robehela letlalong mme di a hlaba.
Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?
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
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.The bleeding caused by the venom can show up after a delay. This includes bleeding into the lungs and bleeding in the brain.1
E etsang ha e tshohile?
Its hollow spines inject venom into any intruder when they are broken off in the skin.1
Haeba o ama boya ba yona
- Bakeng sa boya bo hlabang ba diboko: bo tlose ka theipi e kgomarelang, ebe o hlatswa letlalo. O se ke wa hohla.
- Bakeng sa ho longwa: hlatswa mme o pholise. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba motho a ikutlwa a kula kapa a tswa madi habonolo.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba o ama boya ba yona: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e kgutshwane ho feta monwana wa hao o monyenyane
e dieha ho feta kgofu ya serapengVenezuelan fire caterpillar e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
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
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Lonomia achelous (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lonomia achelous (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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