#lonomia

[lornaka]

Realised I never posted this old concept of my twi'lek OC, Lono :>

[plqrtz]

[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[bpod-bpod]

Spine-tingling

From flashing eyespots to irritating hairs, the defences butterflies, moths and their caterpillars use to protect themselves from predators don’t typically cause us serious harm. Among the few exceptions are caterpillars in the South American genus Lonomia. Usually encountered when resting in groups, these caterpillars’ spines release a potent haemotoxic venom, like that of vipers and rattlesnakes, which can cause internal bleeding and disrupt blood coagulation, sometimes fatally. So far, envenomations have been linked to only two species, Lonomia obliqua and L. achelous, but identifying them can be tricky, and two others (L. orientoandensis, pictured left, and L. casanarensis, right) are known to cause similar reactions in rats. A recent field and taxonomic study identified 60 Lonomia species, seven of which are likely to cause severe symptoms. The only currently available antivenom, directed against L. obliqua, is broadly effective, yet recognising this greater diversity could help further improve treatments.

Written by Emmanuelle Briolat

Image adapted from work by Camila González and colleagues

Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2023

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[lazytwix]

В коллекцию моих странных шуток

Порисулька по комиксу "LONOMIA"

[premamelody]

I'm cooking

[gribnoyles]

just three little kittens sleeping in the open air…

not canon!

[brutus-the-skulldog]

Saturniidae Moth caterpillar

(giant silkworm moth)

LOOK AT EM PLS AHHHHH

This is the Saturniidae Moth caterpillar!! When I first showed it to my friends I found out (from my source) that it can also be called a shaman caterpillar! This little guy lives in the tropics and molts four times before being ready to pupate! Its species within the family Saturniidae and subfamily Saturnii*nae* are symbolism for the Roman God Saturn! While most Saturniidae moths aren't dangerous, a few within the genus Lonomia possess deadly venom.

[sh0jun]

@ask-kanetsugu-naoe:

How is the caterpillar doing?

*is a fucking lonomia obliqua*

*caterpillar noises* (I will end you)

[quill-of-thoth]

I do not always post fundraisers, but when I do they are for developing new antivenoms for tropical creatures. On May 20th, this thing is 80% funded with five days to go, and new antivenom could save a lot of lives in South America. So with the permission of the affected parties, I'll tell you a little story about last summer's Caterpillar Incident. My brother is a field herpetologist: his girlfriend is a botanist. They went down to a field station in Peru last summer to document a bunch of threatened / endangered / unstudied species, and made a discovery that they very much regretted. (The botanist has since recovered.) Descending from a very large tree, our botanist placed her hand down on a patch of bark that was covered in brown, spiny looking caterpillars. There were a lot of them, swarmed together like bagworms, and doing that twitch thing that's been described as a "caterpillar rave" and looks, frankly, like they've been posessed. She describes being stung by the caterpillars as a sharp, but brief pain that didn't initially cause her much worry, but within the next few hours the signs of failure for her blood to clot had become obvious, and she was med-evaced to the nearest hospital, and after the first dose of antivenom was not fully effective, to Lima. More doses of antivenom were flown in overnight from Colombia: eventually the antivenom was effective enough that she was cleared to fly back to the US. This took many weeks, a lot of international phone calls, and a lot of recovery time afterwards. She was lucky: the combination of being an American national, with a large university paying for her healthcare, got her help quicker than she might otherwise have had. People who get stung by Lonomia and don't recognize the symptoms or can't get antivenom fast enough generally die of internal hemorrhaging: the venom prevents blood clotting. ... oh, wait. Usually my stories are at least somewhat amusing. For your information, this caterpillar's nickname among entomologists is Cater-killer. (This is why we generally let etymologists, not entomologists, name things.) Don't pet the caterpillars!

[mysticmothworld]

PSA: don't pick up random spiky or hairy caterpillars

A lot of them have urticating hairs, which really itch when embedded in the skin and can cause further damage upon ingestion or contact with mucous membranes. Sometimes caterpillars' hairs or spikes are filled with venom which is released into your skin on contact and can hurt like hell and even cause respiratory problems, in the case of southern flannel moth caterpillars (Megalopyge opercularis), picture of one below for reference:

And, in the case of Lonomia obliqua caterpillars, these hairs can even cause internal bleeding and death (with a horrifying death rate of 2,5%). Picture below:

I know, they're cute. But it's not worth it.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[violetmagarium]

Salma's character sheet!

She's an ice harpy, and the clerk of the Lonomia Potion store. Salma has been serving the Reaper Witch for almost 200 years, and it doesn't seem like she's going to quit any time soon!

[lornaka]

Lonomia and Petal, my SW OCs ✿

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

Kirumi doesn't make fun of Kokichi cause she has etiquette carved into her blood. Gonta doesn't make fun of Kokichi cause in his mind, being afraid of spiders and butterflies are of the same level of absurdity.

I can just imagine Kokichi being made fun of for his fear only for Gonta to justify it by listing a bunch of disturbing facts about butterflies, which also makes Kokichi's fear worse. (By worse I mean bad enough to finally push it to need a formal diagnosis)

Gonta nodding: Gonta can see why some moths scary, Lonomia caterpillar has very potent venomous sting, very dangerous

Kokichi going pale as a sheet: coolcoolcoolcool

[fourgods-nobrakes]

day 30. Public Sex - Bastarnae Abranxe/Lonomia Ruen

Music throbs through the air of La Fenice, punctuated by moans and howls of ecstasy. Lonomia arches his back, pushing himself down on Bastarnae Abranxe's delightfully studded cock, his hands braced on Abranxe's bare chest to emphasize the pose.

He can see other legionaries watching them, the ones who've been indulging in dream dust and now want only to admire beautiful things as long as the high lasts. Lonomia preens, grinding down hard to make pleasure spark up his spine. All the wonders and spectacles that La Fenice has to offer, and he's still magnetic enough to draw the eye.

[internationalintelligencefirm]

Lonomia obliqua IS WAS THI i WAS DRUGGED AND WHEN i WOKE UP THERE WERE THE SPINES AND CATERPILLER PINES ALL OVER MY BODY EVERY PART OF IT #JEREMYPAXMAN

[premamelody]

some more wof au doodles

trying to play around with limitations hivewings made on silkwings like wing binds and chains

also experimental othermind replacing Solver drawing go brr

i honestly have no clue how the othermind brings dragons back, idk uh, witchcraft or smth ill think of it one day

id:

n and cyn who is named cicada. her name wasn't cicada before but she changed it to be more hivewing like in inspiration of tessa who's named tawny, i was legit gonna name her tsetse but then i forgor lady tsetse exists. i had fun with trying to experiment with funky posing. figuring out damages and restrictions on everyone was also cool. this image is a SLIGHT error because something happens at their metamorphosis so they shouldn't have wings but now i changed it as a second metamorphosis.

eld j. wanted to experiment with the othermind more. think of the as except its jungle themed. othermind fits perfectly as the as. mindspace is killing this idea fr fr. this au started because i pointed at a lot of things with my wings of fire brain and went 'WINGS OF FIRE ARC 3 OHHH MAHH GAHH'. also practicing new shading style i accidentally found out a day ago

v and lonomia (uzi). they are the bestest of friends. stingers of hiveminds are different than regular hivewings. they're sharper and sometimes drop venom. they're totally besties someone help them