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

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Iinwele ezincinci okanye iinwele ezirhabaxa ziyaqhawuka esikhumbeni kwaye ziyahlaba.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
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
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.The bleeding caused by the venom can show up after a delay. This includes bleeding into the lungs and bleeding in the brain.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
Its hollow spines inject venom into any intruder when they are broken off in the skin.1
Ukuba uchukumisa iinwele zaso
- Kwiinwele zemibungu ehlabayo: zisuse ngeteyipu encamathelayo, emva koko uhlambe isikhumba. Musa ukukhuhla.
- Kukulunywa: hlamba uze upholise. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle okanye wopha lula.
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 uchukumisa iinwele zaso: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
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Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinci
sicotha kunenkumba yasegadiniU-Venezuelan fire caterpillar mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
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
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Lonomia achelous (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lonomia achelous (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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