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Asp: Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar

Posted by January 15th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

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Asps

Small, pea-soup green, hairy critter
Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM
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Curious
Gulf south (USA)

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Asp

Dear Curious,
This is a Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar, Megalopyge opercularis.  It is sometimes called an Asp and it stings.

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Asp

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