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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa White-marked tussock moth
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White-marked tussock moth

Orgyia leucostigma
Ka ga leina: The genus name Orgyia comes from the ancient Greek word for 'outstretched arms', because at rest the moth stretches its forelegs forward like arms.1
Ga e na kotsiGa e na kotsi go batho. Ga go na sepe se o tshwanetseng go tshwenyega ka sone.
Diboko le dikhukhwane Meriri e e tlhabangE ja: Dimela
Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

The white-marked tussock moth is a moth whose caterpillar is brightly coloured and covered in hairs. It is very common in late summer in eastern North America, and its hairs can cause an allergic reaction in many people who touch them.1

E tshela kwa
Eastern North America, west as far as Texas, California and Alberta1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
The caterpillars feed on a very wide range of trees, both deciduous and coniferous. They spin cocoons in bark crevices. Outbreaks have been reported on Manitoba maple and elm in urban areas.1
Boleele
3,5 cm (1,4 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
Young caterpillars skeletonise the surface of leaves. Older caterpillars eat everything except the larger veins.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa White-marked tussock moth
White-marked tussock moth. Setshwantsho: Fyn Kynd. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Caterpillar has a bright red head and yellow or white stripes on the body, with a black stripe along the middle of the back1
  • Caterpillar has bright red glands at the hind end of the back and four white, toothbrush-like tufts standing out from the back1
  • Caterpillar has a grey-brown hair pencil at its hind end1
  • Adult males are grey with wavy black lines and a white spot on the forewings1
  • Adult males have very feathery antennae; females have reduced wings and stay near their cocoon1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: The vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) is similar to the adult male but is a rusty colour rather than grey.1

Maatla a botlhole

Meriri e e tlhabang

Meriri e mennye kgotsa ditlhaka di robegela mo letlalong mme di tlhabe.

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

Touching the hairs of the caterpillar sets off an allergic reaction in many humans.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

The caterpillar has bright red defensive glands on the hind end of its back, and its hairs can cause an allergic reaction if touched.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

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

White-marked tussock moth e ka nna 3,5 cm ka boleele (1,4 in)Kelipi ya pampiri e ka nna 3 cm (1,2 in)Founu e e botlhale e ka nna 15 cm (5,9 in)
e ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiribonya go feta kgopa ya tshingwana

White-marked tussock moth 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

The four white tufts on the caterpillar's back may mimic the cocoons of parasitic wasps.1

2

Large caterpillars are mostly eaten by birds, while small caterpillars mostly disappear while dispersing.1

3

The fungus Entomophaga maimaiga was introduced to North America to control the spongy moth, and it also infects this species.1

4

There are two or more generations each year in eastern North America, and the eggs overwinter.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Orgyia leucostigma
Setlhopha
Diboko le dikhukhwane
Lelapa
Erebidae2
Lekoko
Lepidoptera
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
Eggs are laid in a single mass over the female's cocoon and covered in a froth, with up to 300 eggs laid at a time.1
Kotsi go batho
1 / 5: Kotsi e nnye3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Orgyia leucostigma (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Orgyia leucostigma (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. 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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