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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Acharia » Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#4700 (Acharia stimulea)
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Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea
Copyright © 2010 Marcy

Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea
Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
August 31, 2010
Size: 1 inches
We found four of these on our Baptisia plant yesterday. My husband picked one up and it stung him. He said it felt like a bee sting and the pain lasted for hours. He even had a headache on and off all day.
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Contributed by Marcy on 1 September, 2010 - 11:12am
Last updated 12 September, 2010 - 3:22pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 12 September, 2010 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

I found out this summer that
I found out this summer that they pack quite a punch!! I feel his pain!!! I hope he feels better now.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 1 September, 2010 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Jo Ann, wow, I guess you and
Jo Ann, wow, I guess you and my hubby found out the hard way that this caterpillar does sting!
… Marcy, 1 September, 2010 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

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