So keep an eye out when you're walking under trees, and don't go outside barefoot or in flip flops. And make sure they can't come get you at night while you're asleep.
In fact, let's all wear big heavy shoes and stomp as many as we possibly can in order to reduce the population of nature's most evil crawly thing.
That one caterpiller looked like a scruffy dog. So cute. Don't smash them! They turn into beautiful moths and I love moths.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
That just looks like someone's toupe that jumped off their head and ran away.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
As long as they continue to fall out of trees and sting people, I will continue to smash them. I am bigger than they are, and they have no interest in peace talks.
-pH
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I have no idea what caterpillars you are talking about. I'm too busy running from spiders as big as my palm and skeeter-eaters that are starting to border on dinner plate size.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I love how on the actual bolivia bug video, the last words are, "DON'T touch it!"
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I've never seen or heard of this stinging caterpillars. Are they common in all parts of the US or only some regions?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: I've never seen or heard of this stinging caterpillars. Are they common in all parts of the US or only some regions?
I never saw them when I lived in Florida, and apparently they're not as common in other parts of Louisiana as they are in New Orleans. They are vile little things, and when they sting you, they leave behind marks that sort of look like stitches.
We've got lots of black, hairy caterpillars around here in Ohio, but I forget what my husband calls them. The chickens don't even seem to like to eat them. Maybe the ducks will have better luck. They don't sting, though.
--Mel
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
It's stories like these that remind me why I love living in Michigan. Nice long cold winter that kills off all the bad bugs. Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
"We've got lots of black, hairy caterpillars around here in Ohio, but I forget what my husband calls them...They don't sting, though."
Then again, "...fall out of trees and sting people..." might indicate that pH is looking at an intermediate between the early stage and the full-grownBuckMoth caterpillar, which are definitely poisonous.....though not one of the puss caterpillars.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Telperion the Silver: It's stories like these that remind me why I love living in Michigan. Nice long cold winter that kills off all the bad bugs.
Meh. California has nice weather and very few nasty insects.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
(Except for the Californians.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by Telperion the Silver: It's stories like these that remind me why I love living in Michigan. Nice long cold winter that kills off all the bad bugs.
Unless you consider mosquitos, chiggers and ticks "bad bugs".
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: "We've got lots of black, hairy caterpillars around here in Ohio, but I forget what my husband calls them...They don't sting, though."
Then again, "...fall out of trees and sting people..." might indicate that pH is looking at an intermediate between the early stage and the full-grownBuckMoth caterpillar, which are definitely poisonous.....though not one of the puss caterpillars.
Some of them look like the Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar, but I think some of them have yellow stripes instead of red. It will be a few months before they're around, but I'll see if I can get some pictures.
--Mel
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shanna: I have no idea what caterpillars you are talking about. I'm too busy running from spiders as big as my palm and skeeter-eaters that are starting to border on dinner plate size.
That's what my nightmares are made of. Caterpillars aren't so bad. I would still squish them if they tried to sting me.
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
The ones to which pH refers are the buck moth caterpillars. They are vile creatures that infest this state (Louisiana) that already has too many unpleasant infestations (mosquitoes, giant flying roaches, aggressive wolf spiders, etc) and I do my part to annihilate them every chance I get. I just make sure to do so wearing heavy shoes. I HATE these things.
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