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Stinging Asp

Posted by December 7th, 2009 at 9:38 am

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Fuzzy, slow, brown/white
December 6, 2009
We found this little bug on the wall of our entry way. At first we thought it was a mud-dauber hole but then it was in a different spot the next day. It moves extremely slow.
joe
North Texas

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Asp

Hi Joe,
This is the stinging caterpillar of the Southern Flannel Moth, Megalopyge opercularis, and it is called an Asp.

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