The Asp Caterpillar will really hurt you and it looks so ludicrous people have called it Trumpapillar and also the Trump Caterpillar. (WIKI: Megalopyge opercularis)
Any questions on the matter of naming?
The emphasis on this creature is not in the political cheapshots but rather it will hurt you as in really, really hurt you.
The caterpillar is regarded as a dangerous insect because of its venomous spines. Exposure to the caterpillar's fur-like spines will lead to an immediate skin irritation characterised by a, "grid-like hemorrhagic papular eruption with severe radiating pain". The pain has been described by patients as similar to a broken bone or blunt force trauma. The reactions are sometimes localized to the affected area but are often very severe, radiating up a limb and causing burning, swelling, nausea, headache, abdominal distress, rashes, blisters, and sometimes chest pain, numbness, or difficulty breathing. Additionally, it is not unusual to find sweating from the welts or hives at the site of the sting.
Any questions on the matter of naming?
The emphasis on this creature is not in the political cheapshots but rather it will hurt you as in really, really hurt you.
The caterpillar is regarded as a dangerous insect because of its venomous spines. Exposure to the caterpillar's fur-like spines will lead to an immediate skin irritation characterised by a, "grid-like hemorrhagic papular eruption with severe radiating pain". The pain has been described by patients as similar to a broken bone or blunt force trauma. The reactions are sometimes localized to the affected area but are often very severe, radiating up a limb and causing burning, swelling, nausea, headache, abdominal distress, rashes, blisters, and sometimes chest pain, numbness, or difficulty breathing. Additionally, it is not unusual to find sweating from the welts or hives at the site of the sting.
- WIKI
It appears the only places the Asp Caterpillar won't be found in America or Mexico is some of the western states. I have never seen one and I'm still not terrified as I am with spiders but pain is always a peach of a motivator, specifically in avoidance of it.
The caterpillar finally metamorphoses into a moth which looks furry and relatively pretty. From the WIKI, it seems benign and the poisonous spines must be solely for defense by the caterpillar. It seems the 'genetic logic' to make those poisonous spines would be continued in the moth so it gives the same example to predators which will attack it but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Note: that's not the strangest moth I have ever seen although it looks like it has a lock on Number Two. The first prize winner is the Hummingbird Moth but that's an entirely different twisted story from the checkered past.
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