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Blue-striped nettle grub

Parasa lepida

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

會螫人的毛吃：植物

The blue-striped nettle grub is the spiny green caterpillar of a moth. It lives in parts of India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, and it is a minor pest of many crops. It is also known as the nettle caterpillar.1

分布在

India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia; introduced to urban trees in western Japan1

亞洲

首頁

It is found in the Indo-Malayan region and feeds on commercial crops such as coffee, rubber, oil palm, cocoa, tea and coconut. In western Japan it has been introduced as a pest of urban trees.1

長度

2,5 cm (1 in)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 0,03 km/h（0,02 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

The larvae are recorded as pests of many crops, including coffee, rubber, oil palm, cocoa, cassava, tea, coconut, banana and mango.1

Blue-striped nettle grub 的照片 — Blue-striped nettle grub。照片：池田正樹　Masaki Ikeda。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

The larva is pale green, whitish or bright yellowish green on its back.1
Three green bands run the length of the body.1
It has short spiny bumps along the sides, and the spines at each end are tipped with red.1
The cocoon is purple brown.1
The adult moth has pale green forewings with reddish-brown markings, and the female has a wider reddish-brown stripe on the thorax.1

毒液力量

會螫人的毛

細小的毛或刺毛會斷在皮膚裡，造成刺痛。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

如果你碰到牠的毛

被會螫人的毛毛蟲毛刺到時：用膠帶把毛黏起來，再清洗皮膚。不要搓揉。
被咬時：清洗並冷敷。如果傷者覺得不舒服或容易流血，要就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果你碰到牠的毛：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長比花園蝸牛還慢

Blue-striped nettle grub 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

Blue-striped nettle grub 大約 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)

一隻花園蝸牛 大約 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

值得知道

小知識

In August 1986, dead larvae were found on coconut leaves in India. Experiments showed that a baculovirus, which is a type of virus, was the cause of the disease.1

A cuckoo wasp, Chrysis shanghaiensis, is a known parasite of these caterpillars.1

給毒液專家

學名: Parasa lepida
類群: 毛毛蟲和其他蟲子
家人: Limacodidae2
排序: Lepidoptera
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: The eggs are flat and overlap each other, and they are covered by a transparent cement.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3