Hi:
A recent discussion on Leps-L regarding saddleback caterpillars and
stinging hairs reminded me of a painful encounter with a flannel moth
caterpillar (Family: Megalopygidae) in Tinalandia, Ecuador in 1990.
Click below for story and image of a caterpillar than looks like a
mammal !
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mothman/sting.htm