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Puss caterpillar

Megalopyge opercularis

ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ The name "puss" probably comes from the caterpillar's soft, long fur, which makes it look like a tiny Persian cat.1

የቐንዚ ጥራይኣይትተንክፍየቐንዚ እዩ፣ ግን ከቢድ ጉድኣት ኣየውርደልካን።

ኣባጨጓሬታትን ሓሰኻታትን

ዝነድፍ ጸጉሪ

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

The puss caterpillar is a furry caterpillar that grows into a moth. It lives in the southern and eastern United States, Mexico and parts of Central and South America. Its hairs contain venomous spines that can cause a very painful skin reaction, so it is important to recognise it and leave it alone.1

ዝነብረሉ

Eastern United States (southeastern Virginia to Florida), southern United States, Mexico, parts of Central and South America1

ሰሜን ኣመሪካ

መበገሲ

It is found on oak, elm and wild plum trees, and on garden plants such as roses and ivy. People can meet it in these gardens and trees.1

ንውሓት

2,5 cm (1 in)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 0,03 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,02 ማይል/ሰዓት)

ኣብ መሬት, ግምት

ስእሊ Puss caterpillar — Puss caterpillar። ስእሊ፦ Patrick Coin (Patrick Coin)። CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

The larva is about one inch (2.5 cm) long and covered in long, hair-like fur.1
Its fur can be grey-white, golden brown or dark charcoal grey.1
It often has a bright orange streak running along its body.1
In the early stage, the body tapers to a tail that extends well beyond the body.1
The adult moth has long fur in colours from dull orange to lemon yellow, with hairy legs and fuzzy black feet.1

ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ Its relative M. crispata is mentioned as different because its tail does not extend well beyond the body, unlike the puss caterpillar's. The middle stage of the puss caterpillar has no distinct tail at all.1

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ዝነድፍ ጸጉሪ

ንኣሽቱ ጸጉርታት ወይ ብሩሽ ኣብ ቆርበት ተሰይሮም ይነድፉ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

The caterpillar's fur contains venomous spines. Contact causes an immediate skin reaction with a grid-like rash and severe radiating pain. Victims often describe the pain as like a broken bone, blunt-force trauma or white hot. The pain can spread up a limb and cause burning, swelling, nausea, headache, stomach pain, rashes, blisters, and sometimes chest pain, numbness or difficulty breathing.1

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

The caterpillar is regarded as a dangerous insect because of its venomous spines. Reactions are sometimes limited to the sting site but are often very severe. The sting causes a condition called urticarial dermatitis or erucism, and M. opercularis is the most commonly reported source of this in the United States.1

ጸጉሩ እንተ ተንኪፍካ

The venom is best treated within hours of first contact. Any spines still in the skin should be removed with cellophane tape. Remedies reported to have varying degrees of success include ice packs, oral antihistamine, baking soda, hydrocortisone cream, juice from comfrey stems and calamine lotion.1
ንዝነድፍ ጸጉሪ ኣባጨጓሬ፦ ብዝጠብቕ ቴፕ ኣልዕሎ፣ ድሕሪኡ ነቲ ቆርበት ሕጸቦ። ኣይትደርዞ።
ንንኽሳታት፦ ሕጸብን ኣዝሕልን። እቲ ሰብ ጥዕና እንተ ዘይተሰምዖ ወይ ደሙ ብቐሊሉ እንተ ፈሰሰ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ርኸብ።

ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት

ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ

ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
ጸጉሩ እንተ ተንኪፍካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።

ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ

ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?

ኣፍሪቃ እስያ ኤውሮጳ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ደቡብ ኣመሪካ ኣውስትራልያን ኦሽያንያን

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

ኣስታት ከም መሓዝ ወረቐት ይነውሕካብ ቀንዲ-ኣውጣ ጀርዲን ዝደንጒ

Puss caterpillar ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

Puss caterpillar ኣስታት 0,03 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,02 mph)

ቀንዲ-ኣውጣ ናይ ጀርዲን ኣስታት 0,05 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,03 mph)

ጎብየ ኣስታት 0,3 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,19 mph)

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

Victims often say the pain feels like a broken bone, or even white hot.1

The name "puss" probably comes from the caterpillar's fur, which looks like a tiny Persian cat.1

Its spines can cause a condition called urticarial dermatitis, also known as erucism.1

Early-stage larvae can have very curly fur that looks cottony and puffed up.1

Late larvae can spend the whole winter inside their cocoon before emerging in spring.1

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Megalopyge opercularis
ጉጅለ: ኣባጨጓሬታትን ሓሰኻታትን
ስድራ ቤት: Megalopygidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ: Lepidoptera
ክፍለ ዓለማት: ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
ህጻናት: The caterpillar has two broods a year, one in summer and one in autumn. Late larvae may stay in their cocoon all winter and emerge as adults in late spring.1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: 2 / 5: ዘቐንዚ3

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

Megalopyge opercularis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Megalopyge opercularis (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
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