[LEPS-L:7953] Re: ASPS (the name of a stinging caterpillar in Texas)
jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net
jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net
Tue Nov 21 15:51:04 EST 2000
Thank you. I have wondered for 30 years what the true name of these things
was. I saw the picture. The beast that we always called an Asp, is definitely
the Megalopygidae Opercularis (the Puss Caterpillar).
I noticed that it was listed as "our most dangerous stinging caterpillar". I
can tell you from first hand experience that they live up to their reputation.
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