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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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unknown - Acharia stimulea
Copyright © 2014 trey hawkins

unknown - Acharia stimulea
rock hill, york County, South Carolina, USA
September 2, 2014
bit my son
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Contributed by trey hawkins on 2 September, 2014 - 8:41am

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… Ryan St Laurent, 2 September, 2014 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

Positive ID
Saddleback Caterpillar (Acharia stimulea). Don't touch it with your hands. They sting. Take it from someone who has been stung two times. :) They like to hide on the underside of leaves. Both times, I didn't even know they were there.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 2 September, 2014 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

 
Saddleback Caterpillar
Thanks, it stung my son. wondering what to do for sting?
… trey hawkins, 2 September, 2014 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
A couple of options are...
Run cold water over it, use toothpaste or aloe, or put a copper penny on it. I find those home remedies for burns and bee stings work well. The pain will go away. For me, it was gone within the hour. It was the immediate pain that was the worst.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 2 September, 2014 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

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