Recognize caterpillar? and interesting larval camouflage

[Liz Day]

 >   puss caterpilars (at least in North America) have stinging hairs hidden
 >beneath the soft surface hairs. I don't think they squirt anything. They are
 >in the genus Lagoa.

The common name thing has tripped us up again.   In that great book, 
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, I see two larvae both called "puss" - one 
is Lagoa, covered with fur, and the other one, which looks like the Swedish 
picture, is Furcula, with no fur and long tails.  In two dif 
families.   *sigh*   Book says the tails are "extrusible" but no mention of 
squirting, so I guess I was wrong.

Liz


 
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