South African stinging caterpillar
Hi,
I’m curious if anyone can identify this South African caterpillar. Found dozens of them happily munching Ligustrum ovalifolium – they’re a very good match to the golden-green leaves. They deliver a really painful sting. About an inch long, some a bit larger.
Adrian
Hi Adrian,
While we have not identified the exact species, we can tell you that this is a Slug Caterpillar in the family Limacodidae.
For about 2 weeks everybody that passes my Rose bush thought that they where stung by bees or something ! It burn very bad for more than a day ,then i discovered the whole bush was covered with this green cattepillars looking like green small mulberries i took one of and my fingers start burning very bad never seen this in johannesburg area
Hi
I found a few while tying my climbing rose and got stung never seen them before here in jhb east are they a pest and from what region in south africa do they originate
Hi
I found a few while tying my climbing rose and got stung never seen them before here in jhb east are they a pest and from what region in south africa do they originate
I have identified this caterpillar feeding on legumes in Ghana during the raining season in 2016.
Found one today, tried to pick it up, also stung me. Any idea of what they become? I took a really good photo, where do I upload it?
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They are a real nuisance. I got stung by one sitting on the gate. Stings like crazy. And my dogs are stepping on them too. They seem to be feeding on my Wisteria creeper and are falling on the ground now because of all the rain.