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Summer weather is glorious in Quebec, typically continuing into autumn, offering wonderful opportunities to spend time in the great outdoors. We learned in childhood, though, to watch out for stinging and biting insects. Bees, wasps, hornets, biting flies, ants, and mosquitoes are standard fare we’ve all come to expects and guard against. I remember hearing, when I was young, that deep in the Amazon jungle lurked an exotic species of venomous caterpillar capable of stinging and immobilizing potential predators with powerful poison-filled hollow hairs. I have since learned more… |
(Photos: www.inaturalist.org)
(Photos: John Mackley © 2024)
Hickory Tussock Moth and pupa cacoon
(Photos: Wikimedia Commons)
For more information:
Benjamint444, GFDL 1.2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html>, via Wikimedia Commons
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120509-Lonomia-obliqua
https://indie88.com/meet-lonomia-obliqua-aka-the-assassin-caterpillar/
https://u.osu.edu/helmig-mason.1/