Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Fuzzy yellow caterpillar - black skin, 1 by laurainchina

laurainchina wrote:
We found this guy in our garden in southwest China. He's about five centimetres long, has black skin and tufty, bright yellow hair. He has a longer tuft of fur/tail at the back, but no horns. He's eating a hedging plant that has small, dark green leaves and tiny purple flowers (currently). Chinese friends say that the fur irritates human skin, but they can't identify the beast.

It would be great if anyone could identify him. My sons have called him Fuzzy Fred and we are trying to raise him.

Laura