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Striped blister beetle

Epicauta vittata
Malunga negama: The name 'blister beetle' refers to the blisters its poison causes on skin.1
Kubuhlungu njeMusa ukuchukumisaKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo Ityhefu esikhumbeni sasoSitya: IzityaloSiyatyhefa, asinatyhefu yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The striped blister beetle is a slender black and yellow beetle that lives in eastern North America. It is a crop pest that can damage vegetable and field plants. Its body contains a poison that blisters skin and can kill livestock, so it should be left alone.1

Siyatyhefa okanye sinetyhefu? Izilwanyana ezinetyhefu zitofa ityhefu ngokuluma okanye ngokuhlaba. Izilwanyana ezityhefayo ziyingozi xa uzichukumisa okanye uzitya. Esi siyatyhefa.
Sihlala
Eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the eastern United States1
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Ekhaya
It feeds on crop plants on farms and in gardens, where it is considered an agricultural pest. Adults are most active in the morning and late afternoon and shelter during the heat of midday.1
Ubude
9 mm ukuya ku-1,7 cm (0,4 in ukuya ku-0,7 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
Adults feed on plants, with a preference for solanaceous plants such as potato and tomato, and also for amaranths. The larvae feed on grasshopper egg pods.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Striped blister beetle
Striped blister beetle. Ifoto: Will Kuhn. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Adults are 9 to 17 millimetres long, long and slender, with a hairy body.1
  • The body is black and yellow.1
  • It has two black spots on the head and two black stripes on the thorax (the middle body section).1
  • It has two or three black stripes on each wing cover. Northern beetles have two stripes and southern beetles have three.1
  • Adults often form swarms that travel together.1

Amandla etyhefu

Ityhefu esikhumbeni saso

Isikhumba saso siyatyhefa. Kuyingozi ukusichukumisa, ukusikhotha okanye ukusitya.

Ityhefu yaso etyhefayo (xa usichukumisa okanye usitya) yenza ntoni?

This beetle is poisonous rather than venomous, as it does not bite or sting. It contains cantharidin, a toxic compound that causes blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. In horses, a dose of about one milligram per kilogram of body weight is toxic, and eating 30 to 50 beetles can be fatal. Symptoms include blisters and ulcers of the mouth, pawing, stretching, diarrhoea, and low blood calcium and magnesium.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

Cantharidin has been known to cause deaths, particularly of horses. Even two to five beetles can cause colic in horses, and hay containing crushed beetles can make animals ill. Cattle and sheep are less affected but can still show some symptoms. Frogs that eat these beetles keep the poison, so eating frog legs from beetle-fed frogs could cause poisoning, as little as 200 grams could contain a potentially fatal dose.1

Ukuba umntu usichukumisile okanye usityile

  • Ukuba umntu usityile okanye uneempawu emva kokusitya: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka okanye iziko lezityhefu (poison centre) ngoko nangoko.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba usichukumisile okanye usityile: musa ukukhuhla amehlo okanye umlomo wakho, hlamba izandla zakho kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango.

Asikuzingeli. Ityhefu yaso ikhona nje ukuze kungabikho nto isityayo. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Striped blister beetle malunga ne-1,7 cm ubude (0,7 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi malunga ne-7 mm (0,3 in)Ingqekembe ye-euro enye malunga ne-2,3 cm (0,9 in)
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U-Striped blister beetle mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

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Iinyaniso

1

Frogs can eat blister beetles without harm, but they store the poison in their tissues and mucus, so predators that eat the frogs can be poisoned.1

2

Its larvae live on grasshopper eggs, which they find and feed on.1

3

Some ecologists consider it one of the most problematic pest blister beetles in its range, because it feeds voraciously, damages fruit and forms swarms.1

4

The beetle changes its appearance as it develops. The newly hatched larva is whitish with long legs, and later becomes a reddish-brown grub with shorter legs.1

5

Predators include robber flies and birds such as the western meadowlark, eastern bluebird and scissor-tailed flycatcher.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Epicauta vittata
Iqela
Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo
Usapho
Meloidae2
Ucwangco
Coleoptera
Amazwekazi
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Iintsana
The female lays eggs in masses of 100 to 200 in a chamber a few centimetres deep in the soil, and each egg is about 2 millimetres long. The eggs hatch within 16 days, and there are one or two generations per year.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Epicauta vittata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Epicauta vittata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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