fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoThat fur coat thomander.xyzimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down11
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minus-squareLili_Thana@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoThe caterpillar of that species looks like a tiny toupee or mustache, but is one of the most venomous caterpillars in existence. They’re native to where I live and we call them “asps”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis
minus-squarekamenlady@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat caterpillar needs to comb it’s hair
minus-squareIllogicalbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI just took a picture of one of these recently! No touchy though.
The caterpillar of that species looks like a tiny toupee or mustache, but is one of the most venomous caterpillars in existence. They’re native to where I live and we call them “asps”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis
That caterpillar needs to comb it’s hair
I just took a picture of one of these recently! No touchy though.