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Bag-shelter moth

Ochrogaster lunifer

名字的由来： The caterpillars are called processionary caterpillars because they travel in single file, and bag-shelter because they live in silk bag nests.1

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

毛毛虫和虫子

蜇毛吃：植物

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The bag-shelter moth is a moth whose caterpillars live together in silken bag nests and march in long lines. Its hairs can cause skin rashes, so it matters to anyone who lives in or visits mainland Australia.1

生活在

Found throughout mainland Australia1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

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Caterpillars shelter during the day in silken bag nests on branches, high on trunks, or at the base of their food plant. They feed on acacia (wattle) trees and Grevillea striata (beefwood). In autumn, the mature caterpillars travel in long single-file processions to find places to pupate.1

长度

5 cm (2 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 0.03 公里/小时（0.02 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of acacia (wattle) trees and Grevillea striata, mostly at night after the early stages. Adult moths do not feed, as their mouthparts do not work.1

Bag-shelter moth的照片 — Bag-shelter moth。照片：Donald Hobern。 CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Adult moths have a woolly appearance and wings up to 5.5 cm across.1
Forewings are dark grey or brown. Hindwings are white, shading to grey at the base.1
Some moths have a pale dot in the centre of each forewing, and some have white lines across the wings.1
The abdomen is banded and ends in a white tuft of hairs.1
Caterpillars live in brown silk bag nests by day and feed at night, moving in single-file lines.1

毒液之力

蜇毛

细小的毛或刚毛会断在皮肤里并刺痛。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The hairs on the egg masses, caterpillars and adult moths can cause irritating skin rashes (dermatitis) in humans and other animals. Records also list osteomyelitis, eye inflammation (ophthalmia) and more severe allergic reactions. In horses, eating the caterpillars may cause pregnant mares to abort.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, caterpillars curl up into a tight bunch, and their loose hairs can be carried away on the wind.1

如果你碰到它的毛

被毛毛虫的蜇毛扎到：用胶带把毛粘掉，再清洗皮肤。不要揉。
被咬：清洗并冷敷。如果感到不适或容易出血，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰到了它的毛：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

比你的小指还短比花园蜗牛还慢

Bag-shelter moth和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

Bag-shelter moth 约 0.03 公里/小时 (0.02 mph)

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

值得了解

事实

The final caterpillar stage carries more than two million urticating hairs (setae).1

A procession can contain a hundred or more caterpillars, each one holding onto the tail hairs of the one in front.1

Caterpillars follow silk trails left by others, and if two meet on each other's trails they can walk in a circle, sometimes forming a large circular mass.1

Females cover their eggs with scales from the tuft at the end of their abdomen to protect them from predators.1

The whole life cycle takes one year, and the caterpillars live together as a group from egg to pre-pupa.1

给毒液专家

学名: Ochrogaster lunifer
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Notodontidae2
排序: Lepidoptera
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: Females lay an egg mass of 150 to 550 eggs on the trunk or in the canopy of a host tree. The eggs hatch after about 3 to 4 weeks.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3