Insects and Spiders

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Beautiful Caterpillar

When I was at my daughter's home in Crowley, I got to see a new species of caterpillar. My 7 year old grandson found it when we were doing a nature walk around the yard. This beauty will deliver a very painful sting so I warned Everett about that. He thought it over for a moment then as he tried to reach out to it again he asked: "how bad would it hurt?" That's when I had him go fetch the bug habitat I'd given him so he could look without touching.
Buck Moth Caterpillar (Hemileuca maia)

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