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Description:

One morning, I am gathering some fern leaves to be use as a decoration for our school stage when I felt a sudden burning itchy pain in my arms. I found out that my arms just touched with this gorgeous moth caterpillar. Fortunately, I have my cam with me. The pain and swelling lasted for about an hour. I didn't apply any medicine on the itch cause I want to experience the pain from this one inch spiny beauty.

Habitat:

I'm not quite sure of its habitat and characteristics. The next time I'll see it I,ll observe.

Notes:

My father told me that this fellow can take down a carabao or a cow to death when accidentally eaten and swallowed.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Cup Moth Caterpillar
Limacodidae


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5 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wonderful!!!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Futurista excelente

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Beautiful cat, and fantastic spot. Did you recover well, after that? Any secondary effect, like nausea or headache?

Rajendra
Rajendra 12 years ago

Nice shot

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

lovely story - you're brave ! He is a beautiful caterpillar - thanks for the photo and information.

Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 14, 2011
Submitted on Mar 14, 2012

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