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

Maatla a botlhole
Meriri e mennye kgotsa ditlhaka di robegela mo letlalong mme di tlhabe.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
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 go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E kotsi thataE ka bolaya motho yo o sa alafiweng.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 dira eng fa e tshogile?
Its hollow spines inject venom into any intruder when they are broken off in the skin.1
Fa o ama meriri ya yone
- Ya meriri e e tlhabang ya diboko: e tlose ka theipi e e kgomarelang, morago o tlhatswe letlalo. O se ka wa gotlha.
- Fa e lomile: tlhatswa le go tsidifatsa. Batla thuso ya bongaka fa motho a ikutlwa a sa siama kgotsa a tswa madi bonolo.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa o ama meriri ya yone: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
khutshwane go feta monwana wa gago o monnye
bonya go feta kgopa ya tshingwanaVenezuelan fire caterpillar e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
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
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Lonomia achelous (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lonomia achelous (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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Meriri e e tlhabang
Tsela ya go e lemoga