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Garden tiger moth

Arctia caja

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蜇毛吃：植物

The garden tiger moth is a moth with bold patterned wings that warn predators it is unsafe to eat. It lives in cool, temperate parts of the northern United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Its caterpillars are known as 'woolly bears' because of their fuzzy look.1

生活在

Northern United States, Canada, Europe, and northern and central Asia; up to 3,000 m in the Tien Shan mountains1

欧洲, 亚洲, 北美洲

首页

It lives in many wild habitats, from grasslands to forests. It needs a cool climate with clear seasons, and tropical climates do not suit it. Its caterpillars eat a wide range of plants.1

长度

6 cm (2.4 in)1

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 caterpillars are generalists and eat many different plants, from foxglove and members of the daisy family to plantago. Adults do not feed at all and live only on energy stored during the caterpillar stage.1

Garden tiger moth的照片 — Garden tiger moth。照片：carnifex。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Adults have a wingspan of 4.5 to 6.5 cm.1
The front wings are brown with a white pattern, which is sometimes missing.1
The back wings are orange with dark blue dots that have black outlines.1
The moth often hides its orange hindwings under its brown forewings when resting.1
Caterpillars are fuzzy and can grow up to 6 cm long.1

毒液之力

蜇毛

细小的毛或刚毛会断在皮肤里并刺痛。

它的毒液会造成什么？

This moth does not inject venom. Its body fluids are poisonous and contain neurotoxic choline esters, which are nerve-affecting chemicals that interfere with the acetylcholine receptor. The full effects of these toxins are not yet known. Caterpillars have hollow hairs that often contain irritating compounds.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

它害怕时会做什么？

When threatened, adults can spray an irritating compound from glands that are exposed at that moment, and their bright wing patterns warn predators.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？

和 2 块玩具积木排成一排一样长比花园蜗牛还慢

Garden tiger 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？

Garden tiger 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

Adults can make rasping sounds with their wings and high-pitched squeaks that people can hear, and bats tend to avoid them.1

Caterpillars can break down the toxins in their host plants and reuse them in altered form for their own protection.1

The French entomologist Oberthür described about 500 different wing pattern and colour variants.1

Adults are mostly active at night, from June to September.1

给毒液专家

学名: Arctia caja
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Erebidae2
排序: Lepidoptera
大洲: 欧洲, 亚洲, 北美洲
宝宝: Eggs are laid on the surfaces of leaves, and the caterpillars hatch and begin feeding soon after.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Protected in the UK under the Biodiversity Action Plan, after its UK numbers fell by 89% over 30 years1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3