Topic: Got stung

[70CB750]

Accidentally touched it and that mean little bugger does not look it, but he packs a punch. 

[azuredesign]

Ok, you got me, what is it?

[70CB750]

Saddleback caterpillar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_caterpillar

Did not know it either, looks like something out of Pokemon.

[ekpent]

Feed that sucker to your catfish, that will teach it   

[cougar]

70CB750 ; Yeah we got those over here in Ky. too ! There is also one similar, kind of looks like a tobacco worm but has little orange finger type things all over his body. Buddy of mine went to pick one of those up one day, got him and he B*tched and moaned about it for days  !   ...cougar...

[bikerbart]

Um, If it looks like that why would you touch it?? Ouch.

[MoMo]

Ok, you got me, what is it?

It is a Czech Caterpillar that bites former Czechs who turned into Honda riders   Sorry Prokop Hope all is well...Larry

[Bob Wessner]

Um, If it looks like that why would you touch it?? Ouch.

+1

[RAFster122s]

Colorful insects are this way normally as warning to birds or other animals that might consider eating them or messing with them.

Lots of tree frogs are quite colorful and many have poisonous glands. I have heard that some people will catch them and lick them, the poison is a hallucinogenic for humans.

When I was a teenager I mowed yards to raise money in the summer. One yard I mowed had a tree which attracted catepillars which would leave a welt that was quite painful if you brushed up against it. When they arrived we would give the tree a wide berth. They blended into the foilage and were nasty buggers.

[70CB750]

Um, If it looks like that why would you touch it?? Ouch.

I was harvesting grapes  and brushed it with my hand by accident.  Really, I am not that type, I only have to pee on a fence once 



Larry, do you want me to mail it to you?  See if it gets you too

[Bob Wessner]

I have heard that some people will catch them and lick them, the poison is a hallucinogenic for humans.

Sounds Darwinian. 

[MoMo]

Um, If it looks like that why would you touch it?? Ouch.

I was harvesting grapes  and brushed it with my hand by accident.  Really, I am not that type, I only have to pee on a fence once 



Larry, do you want me to mail it to you?  See if it gets you too

I think I'll pass on this one ...Larry

[krusty]

We got 'em here in Oz too. We call them spitfires. Don't know the correct biological name though. They do pack a punch for their size. But then most critters here seem to want to kill you one way or another, even 'roos and you wouldn't want to mess with a cassowary.

[70CB750]

Um, If it looks like that why would you touch it?? Ouch.

I was harvesting grapes  and brushed it with my hand by accident.  Really, I am not that type, I only have to pee on a fence once 



Larry, do you want me to mail it to you?  See if it gets you too

I think I'll pass on this one ...Larry

Too late anyway, I set the little guy free in neighbors yard

[nokrome]

that thing looks NASTY!! 

[MoMo]

Don't like your neighbor I guess.

[faux fiddy]

Colorful insects are this way normally as warning to birds or other animals that might consider eating them or messing with them.

From there you get mimicry of two types, Batesian and Mullerian.  Finding out what those are or if they are spelled correct is what google is for. I used to know.