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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) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Southern Flannel Moth - Hodges#4647 (Megalopyge opercularis)
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puss caterpillar - Megalopyge opercularis
Copyright © 2015 Megan Kossa

puss caterpillar - Megalopyge opercularis
Katy, Harris County, Texas, USA
November 15, 2015
Size: Approximately 1 inch
Cute fuzzy caterpillar trundling along! I also looked and saw that its face was brown, though I didn't get a good picture of that.

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Contributed by Megan Kossa on 23 November, 2015 - 1:51pm
Last updated 23 November, 2015 - 7:13pm

Cute but...
...not something to touch. They can pack a painful sting.
… Peter Edelman, 23 November, 2015 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the warning
When I was looking up what this critter was, I noticed Florida Poison Control Center has issued warnings about it. Yikes!
… Megan Kossa, 23 November, 2015 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

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