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Bag-shelter moth

Ochrogaster lunifer
Mayelana negama: The caterpillars are called processionary caterpillars because they travel in single file, and bag-shelter because they live in silk bag nests.1
Kubuhlungu njeUngathintiKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izimbungu nezinambuzane Izinwele ezihlabayoSidla: Izitshalo
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Ihlala
Found throughout mainland Australia1
I-Australia ne-Oceania
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
5 cm (2 in)3
usayizi ojwayelekile womuntu omdala wesilwane
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.03 km/h (0.02 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
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
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Bag-shelter moth
Bag-shelter moth. Isithombe: Donald Hobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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

Amandla obuthi

Izinwele ezihlabayo

Izinwele ezincane noma amaboya aphukela esikhumbeni bese ehlaba.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Senzani uma sesabile?

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

Uma uthinta izinwele zaso

  • Ezinweleni zezimbungu ezihlabayo: zisuse ngetheyiphu enamathelayo, bese ugeza isikhumba. Ungahlikihli.
  • Uma kulunyiwe: geza bese upholisa. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha uma umuntu ezizwa engaphilile noma opha kalula.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma uthinta izinwele zaso: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Bag-shelter moth ubude obucishe bube ngu-5 cm (2 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
sifushane kunomunwe wakho omncanesihamba kancane kunomnenke wasengadini

Bag-shelter moth mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Ochrogaster lunifer
Iqembu
Izimbungu nezinambuzane
Umndeni
Notodontidae2
Ukuhleleka
Lepidoptera
Amazwekazi
I-Australia ne-Oceania
Izinsana
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
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Ochrogaster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ochrogaster lunifer (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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