Larva of an Automeris moth (Saturniidae) With poisonous stinging hairs. These beautiful creatures are equipped with quite unpleasant ‘urticating hairs’ stingers.
(Automeris io) - Mothcycles - My venomous, cute pets (in winter) by Bart Coppens.
rhinoman says: June 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm. it looks like a hairy caterpillar but the hairs are actually barbed.
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What you see here is the amazing caterpillar of saturniidae moth. It is famous for its larval form, rather than the adult moth, primarily because of the caterpillar's defense mechanism, urticating bristles that inject a potentially deadly venom.
Lonomia obliqua, the giant silkworm moth (a name also used for a wide range of other saturniid moths), is a species of saturniid moth from South America.
Here she is posing with a few … How to breed: The Io Moth! But the moth pulled through, and emerged as a perfectly formed adult!
Many species have setae, hollow spines, and their bases are connected to miniature bladders filled with toxin. Fluffy moth surprise. they are green …
In the Ecuadorian Amazon ID: F3EGR1 (RM) Perisomena caecigena, Raupe frisst an Eiche, Perisomena caecigena, Saturnia caecigena, Perisomena parviocellata, Autumn Emperor Moth, caterpillar, Pfa
(Lonomia electra) by Bart Coppens. Reply .
2 Responses to Probably Stinging Saturniidae Caterpillars from Brazil. We had a Hyalophora gloveria cocoon sitting around in the lab, with the pupa presumed to be dead (the cocoon had a bird peck-hole, so we thought it was eaten or badly damaged). Toxic Assasin Caterpillars - do not touuch! Posted by Brigette.
rhinoman says: June 4, 2009 at 3:10 pm.
The other day we had a surprise visitor in the lab. there has been a poisonous cater pillar called an assassin caterpillar that contains a hemotoxin that produces bleeding from under the nail beds nose mouth and eyes be careful. There is one aspect of the Saturniidae moths worth mentioning with a caveat: do not touch the caterpillars of the Hemileucinae subfamily! Category Archives: Saturniidae.