Wednesday, September 2, 2009

this fellow stung me today


Saddleback Caterpillar Moth larva: Sibine stimulea

4 comments:

Courtney Martin said...

wow, cool! sorry you were stung. polly was just telling me about this guy. its an amazing bug!

Robin Dreyer said...

But he's so cute!

Tal Galton said...

I met one of these for the first time while picking corn a week ago. My finger still itches (at least when I look at the photo). Thanks for the ID. I think the genus is spelled "Sibine," though.

Robin Dreyer said...

I just noticed that the species name is "stimulea." I guess you feel stimulated if you get to close.