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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 06:24 PM 8/20/2003 -0500, Donna wrote:
>  The famous ones here in TN are the
> saddlebacks, locally known as "Packsaddles" and famous for getting you in
> the corn patch.  They also like willow trees, and there are a lot of other
> stinging caterpillars in the woods.  Most of them make very handsome moths
> and butterflies, I only mind them when I have a row of painful holes in my
> hide.
Whooeee!  I still remember my first encounter with a saddleback, while 
taking a Cub Scout troop on a nature hike, back in TN - Man!  I thought I'd 
been stung by a hornet!  Didn't take but just a minute to find that 
handsome little rascal and point him out to the kids - and warn them about 
those urticating hairs.
Have had a couple of encounters with them again this year, in the pecan 
beds while I was grafting.  That immediate fiery burning sensation is 
unmistakable, when you brush up against one of those guys hanging on the 
bottom side of a leaf.

Here's a link to photos, for those of you who are fortunate enough not to 
have encountered them yet.

http://troyb.com/photo/gallery/00007460.htm

Lucky