Wednesday, September 2, 2009

this fellow stung me today


Saddleback Caterpillar Moth larva: Sibine stimulea

4 comments:

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

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  2. 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.

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

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