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weird - i got the same thing from a catapiller - i had no idea this was really a thing!
by mc_hammer 12y ago
weird - i got the same thing from a catapiller - i had no idea this was really a thing!
- harshreality 12y agoIn grade school, there was a tree we used to play near after school, and a fellow student cautioned several times about "asps" [asp caterpillars] around that tree. I never actually saw one, but he must have known about the things from somewhere else and had seen one in the vicinity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis From the description, I think of it like a venomous version of those fine-spined cacti often seen in miniature cactus arrangements.
- jqm 12y agoYes, one was very similar to that one in the link but whiter. The other was something like this http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/Portals/0/Gardening/Gardening%20Help/images/Pests/Caterpillars_Surface1224.jpg http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/Portals/0/Gardening/G... (you can see why I picked him up). These things are serious, at least they were for me. Worst animal trauma ever. I don't know if anyone has ever died from one but I think they should be more publicized.