Urticating Caterpillars in Florida: Slug Caterpillars
From Entomology Circulars.
Urticating or “stinging” spines and setae of some caterpillars are a well-known chemical defense found in several families of Lepidoptera. A previous circular (Heppner 1994) described the Io Moth (Saturniidae) and presented general notes about stinging spines and dermal reactions (Rothschild et al. …read more
