I never knew you could hold these things bare handed without getting an itch.
aug 30, 2025, 10:12 pm • 1 0 • view
I never knew you could hold these things bare handed without getting an itch.
I have never had an issue I wash my hands after
We are always warned not to touch caterpillars like these by our parents due to how itchy those hairs can be in the skin.
Oops all floof!
Don't know where you live but that could be a salt marsh caterpillar. I wouldn't ever handle something that looked like that without being confident of the ID. Things with hairs like that are often poisonous.
It's a wooly bear
That’s Pete. He’s out to kill me.