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Heavinscent South West, LA(Zone 9a) Nov 09, 2008

Any ideas what this is? Looks like a cat of some kind... I found him on my live oak tree.

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Heavinscent South West, LA(Zone 9a) Nov 09, 2008

This looks similar, glad I didn't touch it!!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/356/

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TexasPuddyPrint Edinburg, TX Nov 09, 2008

Don't touch it! It's an asp caterpillar. Flannel moth. They are nice and cute and so fuzzy looking but underneath that hairdo are some dangerous urticating spines!

Whooooo doggie...a sting from that is like 50 on a scale of 1 to 10 !!! I got zapped by one a couple of years ago - it knocked me out and I slept for about 17 hours straight.

~ Cat

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Heavinscent South West, LA(Zone 9a) Nov 10, 2008

Yikes! Thats something I need to warn my kids about! They are always bringing me critters to look at and tell them what it is. I am sooooo glad I found this one first!!
Thank you Cat!

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Nov 11, 2008

wow Caren glad you didn't touch it

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bjf826 Huntsville, AL(Zone 7a) Nov 11, 2008

Wow! I had no idea these existed. Here's a page I found on it. http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/cgi-bin/snblog.pl?snblog=1028051
Glad you and your children didn't touch it.

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