mountain building, chadokuga…occurs in the spring! GWtrouble insect bites

Recently, the person who enjoys outdoor increases.The fresh air and the four seasons occasionally natural form make us enjoy, but the insect stick there due to also trouble such as the healthy damage has lain hidden.This time you refrain from GW immediately, you explain mode of life of the insect where activity becomes active and the actual condition of the damage, concerning measure.

The danger the main point note ~ spring lying hidden naturally

The advance insect sticks even because the pleasant leisure is not made ruinous measure the importance!

It is spring, it probably is to raise the plan where many people enjoy camping and hiking and scaling a mountain etc.The splendid nature waits outdoor.But there in the first place the place where the living thing of wildness inhabits.The animal which it represents that everyone such as bear and viper is dangerous, of course is that the danger of receiving unexpected attack from the small insect and the like which is difficult to catch to the eyes has lain hidden.

The wildlife, that the harm will be added to the human, is not the case that it has expected.In the place where the living thing such as that inhabits, it is to be also a case which has made damage cause by the fact that the human gets near absent-mindedly.Feature and habitat environment of the living thing which is filled danger, measure because it does not meet to damage will be verified even because with special care pleasant memory is not made ruinous.

the wildlife is important to note there are various kinds of things ( book cases insect bites see) , here, mountain building that requires special attention from that activity to become active in the timing of the golden week holidays, i will cover about chadokuga.

do not cling! mountain building that suck blood

ponds generally say hill and, as you might conjure the image of living in the water such as river, a friend of hill, the building types that inhabit the land, such as mountain forests. if you were sucked the blood to where i went to camp hill in mountaineering and, many will work mountain building.

appearance of mountain building. blood-sucking before the left, the right of blood-sucking
photo courtesy of: technical committee on land leech

the total length of the building about the mountain1.5cm, back in black to reddish brown3there are vertical stripes of this, to move as cupbearer insect is characterized by. and blood-sucking8cmextends up to about. 5month~10month at the peak of activity, after the rain, such as trail and mountain stream in the forest near, care must be taken to damp place.

although there is no eye to mountain building, we are sensitive to the presence of because it has a sensor to detect human breath. in a way into clothing and shoes have crept up quietly and quickly, and suck the blood when there is no substance to feel the pain, secrete a substance called hirudin will prevent the coagulation of blood. therefore, of its own weight without being noticed by the human10~20can suck the blood of times, who is sucked, bleeding will not stop because of the hirudin.

there is no toxic substance secreted by mountain building. but, stick to the skin appearance of the building or mountain, the state of the affected area will not stop bleeding long, people affected may be the first time to panic. some people after a victim, you may also itch and bite marks remain.

dangerous even without touch! belching chadokuga damage

the honshu chadokuga, shikoku, lymantriidae companions living in the kyushu, pests eat the leaves of the tea is as its name. also occurs sasanqua camellia and tea leaves are similar to, these street trees and trees in the garden, recently because there are a lot of trees can be planted as a park, reports that were damaged by chadokuga has been increasing even in city.

chadokuga stick to the leaves in groups of larvae

photos are the larvae of chadokuga, sticks in the collective back of a leaf or table in this way, figure can be seen eating the leaves vigorously. length is approximately2.5cm, the whole back has been a dark yellowish brown, white body1it contains a main line that is characterized by.

it is dangerous chadokuga, from egg to adult period until, much hair stinger (another single) point is to have a poison needle, called. most in the last larva pupate, that number50this also has been ten thousand. in fact, needle length to say that poison0.1mmis very small degree and, they do not touch it directly larvae, you may also victimized by adhering to the skin hair fluttering in the air stinger.

touching the poison hairs, will cause a rash like hives or intense itching. although some symptoms are individual differences among2~3often followed by weeks, symptoms may also worsen hair spread poison needle by writing. the larvae in the year2time, 4~5month, 8~9to occur in may, the damage reached a peak in this period also.

prevention, point and limit damage

in order to avoid the damage caused by insect bites in the outdoors, i reduce the exposure of the skin as possible is fundamental. spray insect repellent clothing is not only, effect is up socks and shoes and also spray. buildings and mountains to chadokuga, you should perform the following countermeasures.

once the vampire has been building mountain, please peel off without hesitation. proximity or a lighter, easier to fall off and spray insect repellent agent. and to stop the bleeding, substances such as extrusion hirudin from the wound, please wash off with water. remove the stinger is chadokuga hair was glued to the skin using, for example, cellophane tape, rinse with water. since hair spread poison needle, writing the affected area let’s stand.

if there is itching and swelling in the affected area, use of topical steroids may be preferable to reduce inflammation. itchy insect bites is very strong, because some fear to fester destroys oysters, what type of combination of antibiotics that are a good idea.

at the end, outdoor different from the usual environment for, it is also possible that risky behavior are more likely to cause small children excitedly. do not approached or dangerous insects out of interest, please give the parent or person led attention to the trend of small children.

(related article)
– book cases insect bites

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– technical committee on land leechHP

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