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  2. Lonomia obliqua - Wikipedia

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    Lonomia obliqua is a species of saturniid moth ("giant silk moth") from South America. [1] It is famous for its larval form, rather than the adult moth, primarily because of the caterpillar's defense mechanism, urticating bristles that inject a potentially deadly venom.

  3. Lonomia - Wikipedia

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    The LD 50 of the Lonomia venom is 0.19 mg for an 18–20 g mouse ; however, due to the small amount of venom in the bristles of the caterpillar, the rate of human fatality is only 1.7%. [ 5 ] While there are more than a dozen species in the genus, the most troublesome species is Lonomia obliqua , and it is this species on which most of the ...

  4. Saddleback caterpillar - Wikipedia

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    A female braconid wasp will inject eggs in a venom like manner into its chosen host caterpillar, which is known as ovipositing. [11] The parasitic wasp eggs are able to survive by feeding on the inside of the saddleback caterpillar and emerge as larvae by creating holes in the body. [12]

  5. This caterpillar looks just like Donald Trump's hair - AOL

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    Venomous Caterpillar Sighting In Florida Prompts Warning Netflix accidentally put Aziz Ansari subtitles on a nature doc and the results are amazing This joke was off-limits at Donald Trump's ...

  6. Venomous Caterpillar Sighting In Florida Prompts Warning - AOL

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    The one-inch puss caterpillar is named for its cute cat-like. It is currently peak season for the puss caterpillars, and even though they usually live at a safe distance high up on tree branches ...

  7. Doratifera vulnerans - Wikipedia

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    Doratifera vulnerans, commonly known as the mottled cup moth, Australian cup moth or Chinese Junk (referring to its caterpillar), is a species of cup moth of the family Limacodidae. [1] The species was first described by John Lewin in 1805 and is the type species of the genus Doratifera . [ 2 ]

  8. Citheronia regalis - Wikipedia

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    BugGuide-caterpillar pictures; Description, with pictures; Photos of the hickory horned devil caterpillar; Regal moth on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site "The King of the Poets: Citheronia Regalis". Chapter 15 of Gene Stratton-Porter's Moths of the Limberlost (1912).

  9. Megalopyge opercularis - Wikipedia

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    Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae.It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar, asp, Italian asp, fire caterpillar, woolly slug, opossum bug, [3] puss moth, tree asp, asp caterpillar, and Donald Trump caterpillar [4] for its juvenile form.