ORUGA DE PELUCHA - WARNING - P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)
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ORUGA DE PELUCHA - WARNING - P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)
NOTICE TO ALL LAKE CHAPALA RESIDENTS
November 18, 2015.
We have received important information from the Chapala Dept. of Ecologia: We need to alert all of Chula Vista Fracc to the presence of a venomous caterpillar-like insect in our midst. This furry insect is called La Oruga de Peluche…which is Spanish for “stuffed animal” and that is exactly what it appears to be. Yet, it is a most dangerous creatures, especially to children, because it has spines that secrete very strong venom. Youngsters may think it is a small stuffed animal, one they are eager to pick up. But one touch can be deadly.
If you were to just touch the creature, its venom can enter your system, causing your muscles to become paralyzed, affecting your brain and causing you to go into fatal respiratory arrest. Clearly this is very serious threat.
The Bomberos responded to a possible sighting of Oruga de Peluche in Chula Vista, in a garden on Del Monte. This is reason enough for us all to be on alert. You can get more information by searching the Latin name of this insect: Megalopyge opercularis.
If you or your gardener should see the insect pictured attached, DO NOT TOUCH it and immediately call the Department of Civil Protection and the Bomberos/Firefighters at the number below. They will come to your home and safely remove the insect.
Depart. of Civil Protection and Bomberos: 766-5252 o 766-3615.
Por su atencion, muchas gracias!!
YOU CAN GOOGLE SEARCH IMAGES OF IT.
November 18, 2015.
We have received important information from the Chapala Dept. of Ecologia: We need to alert all of Chula Vista Fracc to the presence of a venomous caterpillar-like insect in our midst. This furry insect is called La Oruga de Peluche…which is Spanish for “stuffed animal” and that is exactly what it appears to be. Yet, it is a most dangerous creatures, especially to children, because it has spines that secrete very strong venom. Youngsters may think it is a small stuffed animal, one they are eager to pick up. But one touch can be deadly.
If you were to just touch the creature, its venom can enter your system, causing your muscles to become paralyzed, affecting your brain and causing you to go into fatal respiratory arrest. Clearly this is very serious threat.
The Bomberos responded to a possible sighting of Oruga de Peluche in Chula Vista, in a garden on Del Monte. This is reason enough for us all to be on alert. You can get more information by searching the Latin name of this insect: Megalopyge opercularis.
If you or your gardener should see the insect pictured attached, DO NOT TOUCH it and immediately call the Department of Civil Protection and the Bomberos/Firefighters at the number below. They will come to your home and safely remove the insect.
Depart. of Civil Protection and Bomberos: 766-5252 o 766-3615.
Por su atencion, muchas gracias!!
YOU CAN GOOGLE SEARCH IMAGES OF IT.
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That thing is weird looking. Thanks for the warning.
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Kind of looks like one of those "merkins" that everyone was raving about......jaja.
Re: ORUGA DE PELUCHA - WARNING - P.S.A. (Public Service Announcement)
Just tell your gardener to watch out for a caterpillar that looks like Donald Trump's hair. Our is outside in the yard still giggling about it.
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Jaja.the merkins are coming!CanuckBob wrote:Kind of looks like one of those "merkins" that everyone was raving about......jaja.
The local Guadalajara news this morning was reporting that there were some in Tonala,and advised people to call the Proteccion Civil... or you could just step on them.
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viajero wrote:Jaja.the merkins are coming!CanuckBob wrote:Kind of looks like one of those "merkins" that everyone was raving about......jaja.
The local Guadalajara news this morning was reporting that there were some in Tonala,and advised people to call the Proteccion Civil... or you could just step on them.
That was my thought exactly. What is it that CP is going to do with them? What are the dimensions of this critter?
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Over on TOB, a friend made a snarky comment about the Donald bug looking like someone's "hair". The comment was edited out and he received a warning.
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Flamingo wrote:Over on TOB, a friend made a snarky comment about the Donald bug looking like someone's "hair". The comment was edited out and he received a warning.
You are surprised??? The moderator is a big supporter of Donald Trump.....and acts just like him in his method for the solutions of the problems in his universe, which is a lot of hot air about what should and shouldn't be done for the public to breathe.
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https://www.facebook.com/samthelin/posts/10208216977766143?pnref=story
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OK Sam, content isn't available even if I log into facebook
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Flamingo wrote:OK Sam, content isn't available even if I log into facebook
Too much security... Here it is:
https://www.aacc.org/community/divisions/tdm-and-toxicology/toxin-library/megalopyge-opercularis
http://articles.extension.org/pages/59611/ipm-action-plan-for-stinging-caterpillars#.Vko1LW7z9yo
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/Creatures/MISC/MOTHS/puss.htm
http://www.scielo.org.ve/pdf/ic/v51n1/art12.pdf
The "first aid" would be to use tape or tweezers to remove the spines that stick in the skin causing the problem. If the symptoms become more severe, visit your doctor.
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Possible mechansm of action of the toxin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikrein
I have not found a single fatality on record yet from this organism, just severe pain.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=330790
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772949-overview#a6
Calling the fire department on a fuzzy caterpillar is probably a little silly...
I have not found a single fatality on record yet from this organism, just severe pain.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=330790
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772949-overview#a6
Calling the fire department on a fuzzy caterpillar is probably a little silly...
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sparks wrote:The Donald is Venomous
You can say that again.... and totally out of touch with reality. The man is scary and I'm so embarrassed that there are so many of my countryman agreeing with the asshole. The majority of folks are not going for it.... but how bizarre that there is ANYONE who would go along with him. It's almost like they made up their minds and nothing else is going to penetrate their iddy biddy brains. My mental picture of them is of them with hands over their ears yelling "LA LA LA LA ... I can't hear you!" at the top of their lungs. I have a friend like that and it saddens me.
Love what England is doing.
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I totally agree with Sparks and kipissippi. At first I though he was getting good ratings because he was a comedian, but when I discovered that he had a true following by those who want him to be President, I was terribly saddened, and for that matter glad that I am here south of the border
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I believe we have one in our back yard hanging on a tree. I'll try to post a pic tomorrow as the batteries in my camera are dead. Any suggestions on what to do, if anything?
BTW, we live in Chapala Haciendas 2.
BTW, we live in Chapala Haciendas 2.
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Isn't this what we referred to as an asp? They are not only londe but there are also black ones. Their sting can really ake you sick.
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bimini6 wrote:Isn't this what we referred to as an asp? They are not only londe but there are also black ones. Their sting can really ake you sick.
An Asp...
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MexicoPete wrote:I totally agree with Sparks and kipissippi. At first I though he was getting good ratings because he was a comedian, but when I discovered that he had a true following by those who want him to be President, I was terribly saddened, and for that matter glad that I am here south of the border
I agree with you Pete. However, remember I grew up in Alabama during the administrations of the arrogant racists John Patterson (remember the [i]Phenix City [i]Story movie of the 50s) and the unspeakably dreadful segregationistt George Wallace. I will say one nice thing about George Wallace. in the 1960s he was an opportunist who said, after losing the governor´s race to the evil Patterson in 1958 and was famously quoted as saying that he would never be "outsegged" again, that he, in the 1980s, sincerely apologized to the African American folks of that state which constituted 30% of the state´s population of 4,000,000 people for his disgraceful behavior when he occcupied the statehouse in Montgomery and was most famously quoted as saying"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever." He later regretted his racist platform and, with hat in hand stood before the black folks of Montgomery and begged their forgiveness. Of course, that cannot excuse the barbarity unleashed by the racist crap he extolled in the 1960s. The graveyards of Alabama contain countless victims attesting to the results of his irresponsibilty and that of his countless White racist ancestors 400 years of origin./i]
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