And I aint kiddin.

These guys pack a nice whollop. I found out the hard way.... funny thing is... I didnt even know it was there till it set my world on fire.

Tonight I was cuttin the grass (much cooler after dark... and my mower is rednecked with multiple lights) and apparently I picked this guy up off a tree when I was mowing around them. Dont know when or where... but I do know that I brushed up against it while trying to get ready for a shower.... and that was a bad mistake.

An hour after it lit me up... I still had redness and puffyness at the site.


Dont Tread On Me!!!

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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/kbnaturephotography/Insects/IOMothCaterpillar1907Web.jpg

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Its the larval stage of an IO Moth.

Awwwww what a cutie!

Yeah... till it sets your world on fire

Yeah... till it sets your world on fire

Sounds like you two hit it right off.... :lmao:

yeah... it hit me.... and I got off of it

Yeah... till it sets your world on fire

:lmao::lmao:

Cool looking... "thing". What does IO stand for?

Thats just what it says in my book.

Apparently there is an IO Moth

danged if I know

:lmao: Hey at least it wasn't a giant spider!

Sorry Kevin. Those things pack a powerful punch ... I have seen a white one and black ones but never a green one . Wonder if they are all the same thing .
The white and the black both sting as well .
My son spent all day every day when he was a mere toddler study the insects . I bought him college level books and once he brought one in the house and I freaked out and told him to give it to me I was going to flush it.....terrible I know....he pretended that he threw it outside and instead hid the thing under his shirt....bad move . It stung him several times .
Will have to go over and check around the bases of the pecan trees . They liked to live there for some reason .
We have a couple catalpa trees also but that is a different story . Got any catalpa pix ?
Toni

yeah... it hit me.... and I got off of it

I guess you wouldn't want one of them to crawl up your pants in the middle of the night.... :eek:

uhhhh no... dont need any in the pants.

Toni... no photos of those

:lmao: Hey at least it wasn't a giant spider!

We would have never seen pictures or poor ol' Kevin again....

Never knew they could sting you. Hope you feel better soon.

Kevin, what are rambling on about a silly little ole catapillar????









Remember those as a kid...use to infest cedar and sycamore trees....pack quite a wallop.

I remember those at my Grandmas house.....always in the trees every summer & her saying leave them alone but we were kids :rolleyes:

Got bites every time & I wish I could remember the "ointment" she would put on

nice shots and sorry to hear you stepped on one

Ahhhhhhhhhhh quit crying Sally!!!!:lmao:
Pretty cool find though man.There are alot of cattipillars out there that release a toxin as a defense.Kind of a insurance to make sure they make it past the larval stage etc.:cool:
Now go out and catch some T's.:greenman:

It is beautiful - sorry it caused so much pain!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh quit crying Sally!!!!:lmao:
Pretty cool find though man.There are alot of cattipillars out there that release a toxin as a defense.Kind of a insurance to make sure they make it past the larval stage etc.:cool:
Now go out and catch some T's.:greenman:

I think id rather get lit up by the worm.... than catch some T's