第 1051 号，共 1 402 张

Blue-striped nettle grub

Parasa lepida

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇毛吃：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

生活在

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

亚洲

首页

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

长度

2.5 cm (1 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？

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.

怎样认出它

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。

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？

差不多和一个回形针一样长比花园蜗牛还慢

Blue-striped nettle grub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？

Blue-striped nettle grub 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

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

给毒液专家

学名: Parasa lepida
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Limacodidae2
排序: Lepidoptera
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: The eggs are flat and overlap each other, and they are covered by a transparent cement.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3