[LEPS-L:7968] Re: Something else occured to me.

[jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net]

   I see. Thanks, I'll have to look that up and see what it looks like.

   P.S. I just remembered something. I believe the persons that were stung
were the modern day team that was retracing the original expedition, not in
Teddy Roosevelts bunch.







"DR. JAMES ADAMS" wrote:

> Listers,
>
>  I think it was a tributary of
> > the Amazon, but I can't remember for sure.
> >    Anyway, two of his men got stung by something fierce. They were
> >    virtually
> > incapacitated by it. If I remember right, they never figured out what
> > had stung them. That's exactly what happens with most asp stings
> > because it takes a few moments for it to start stinging. Chances are
> > if you are walking you will never see what stung  you.
>
> Although the megalopygid larvae are a possibility, it is more likely
> that the larvae involved (if it was larvae) were of a hemileucine
> saturniid (the Io moth and Buck Moths are in this group).  There are
> a couple of genera in the hemileucines in the American tropics well
> known for their obnoxious larvae.  These include (but are not limited
> to) Lonomia and Hylesia.  Encounters with these larvae, which
> often feed gregariously so encounters can result in multiple stings,
> are frequent enough each year to make the headlines.  A few
> deaths are attributable to these larvae on a yearly basis (for
> individuals particularly sensitive to the irritants), and usually result
> at least in necrosis of some skin.
>
>         James
>
> Dr. James K. Adams
> Dept. of Natural Science and Math
> Dalton State College
> 213 N. College Drive
> Dalton, GA  30720
> Phone: (706)272-4427; fax: (706)272-2533
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