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Ranade


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They look furry and can kill you :D if you touch them=| yep caterpillars can kill too or severely harm you yaylol

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It looks soooo fluffy O.O aww

The caterpillars grow to about 1 inch long and are furry in appearance, being completely covered by thick tan to grayish-white hairs that taper toward the back end. Among the long body hairs are shorter spines that discharge venom upon contact. The head and legs are not visible from above. The night-active adults known as flannel moths are rarely encountered.
Other stinging caterpillars include larval stages of: the io moth, Automeris io (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae); the hag moth, Phobetron pithecium (Abbot & Smith) (Limacodidae);the saddleback caterpillar, Sibine stimulea (Clemens) (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae); and the buck moth, Hemileuca maia (Drury) (Saturniidae). However, many hairy or spiny caterpillars may produce a similar skin irritation, and care should be taken to avoid skin contact with them. The io moth caterpillar is pale green with yellowish and maroon stripes edged with white along each side of the body. The body is adorned with clusters of stiff spines. They can grow to be about 2 ½ inches long. The buck moth caterpillar resembles the io moth caterpillar but is purple-black with a reddish head and lacks the body stripes. The saddleback caterpillar is an unusual looking caterpillar with a brown body marked with a bright green area resembling saddle blanket with an oval purplish-brown spot in its center. Fleshy protuberances bearing spins occur the sides of the body, with larger pairs near the front and rear. They grow to be about 1 inch long before pupating. The even weirder hag moth caterpillar is about 5/8 inch long when fully grown and has nine pairs of curved and twisted fleshy projections arising from the sides of the body bearing stinging hairs.

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no Dat nuh look right!blehblehbleh

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