No warm and fuzzy here—a possible boom in a highly toxic but irresistibly touchable caterpillar is sending people in the eastern U.S. to the hospital. “A puss caterpillar sting feels like a ...

These colors of the red lacewing warn predators that this insect is toxic. As a caterpillar, it feeds on passionflowers and is equipped with spines that can cause skin irritation. 8.

Puss, because this caterpillar is as fuzzy as a kitty; and asp, as in snake, because this is one of the most toxic caterpillars in North America. The venom comes from poisonous spines neatly ...

Most of them will leave it at that, ... This Mysterious Caterpillar Builds a Toxic Fortress of a Cocoon. By Matt Soniak | Mar 16, 2015. via. Moth caterpillars build their cocoons out of silk.

The Forestry Commission has urged the public to report sightings of a toxic caterpillar amid signs it has spread to counties in south-east England. Oak processionary moth caterpillars, which can ...