To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] saddleback caterpillars
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:25:44 -0500
At 10:53 AM 8/21/2003 -0700, Rick wrote:
This is the larva of "Automeris io" we are discussing? A handsome moth
indeed! I've never had the good fortune to see a caterpillar, or the
misfortune to touch one!
They are handsome little devils, but if you ever inadvertently brush up
against one, it immediately feels as if someone has turned a blowtorch on
your arm, neck, torso, etc.