DaveP
Active Member
One of my boys was cutting the grass around my "yard art" (old vehicles/junk pile)the other day. I see him stop and look at his forearm, rub it some, look at it again, and then just stares at it.
I walk over and he says "I think I got stung by a wasp", but there was a big, strange mark at the site: bunch of little dots, and general area raised up fast.
Then he says, "What is THIS thing?" and points at some critter on his shirt sleeve.
Looked like a cross between a slug and a stegasaurus. So flicked it off, and we took turns stomping and smearing it for a couple minutes.
Looked it up, and it was the catepillar for the "Puss moth"/Asp moth/Southern Flannel moth, most TOXIC caterpillar in MD.
40+ years ago, I only got the occasional wood tick, and I about LIVED in the woods. What's next???
I walk over and he says "I think I got stung by a wasp", but there was a big, strange mark at the site: bunch of little dots, and general area raised up fast.
Then he says, "What is THIS thing?" and points at some critter on his shirt sleeve.
Looked like a cross between a slug and a stegasaurus. So flicked it off, and we took turns stomping and smearing it for a couple minutes.
Looked it up, and it was the catepillar for the "Puss moth"/Asp moth/Southern Flannel moth, most TOXIC caterpillar in MD.
40+ years ago, I only got the occasional wood tick, and I about LIVED in the woods. What's next???
