Adult puss

All rights reserved. No warm and fuzzy here—a possible boom in a highly toxic but irresistibly touchable caterpillar is sending people in the eastern U. Young children from Florida to North Carolina are reporting excruciating pain after coming into contact with the most venomous caterpillar in the U. Some have petted the insect; others have been injured when the caterpillars fell onto them from trees.

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Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar , asp , Italian asp , woolly slug , opossum bug , [3] puss moth , tree asp , or asp caterpillar. The inch-long larva is generously coated in long, luxuriant hair-like setae , making it resemble a tiny Persian cat , the characteristic that presumably gave it the name "puss" [ citation needed ].

The southern flannel moth caterpillar hides a series of venomous spines under it soft hairs. Image: M. Most stinging caterpillars belong to the insect family known as flannel moths. Flannel moths get their name from the flannel-like appearance of the wings of the adult, which are clothed with loose scales mixed with long hairs.