Mekong Bob Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Can anybody identify this little creature? Is it a type of caterpillar? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 sure looks like one, do the hairs sting if touched? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paangjang Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 sure looks like one, do the hairs sting if touched? I'll ask the mrs what they taste like, she should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 sure looks like one, do the hairs sting if touched?In the meantime I will stick my fingers in the plug socket to see if the power is on.You were not suggesting he checks are you? Those things are stinging caterpillars and if they touch your skin, good chance of getting a reactive red rash to go with it for a few days. Sent via tin can and string after pigeon shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMKiwi Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My GF always tells me not to touch these caterpillars as the hairs are quite irritable if they touch your skin. Havent seen many yellow coloured ones but plenty of black haired ones. Not sure what kind of moth or butterfly they change into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMKiwi Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Possibly a yellow bear caterpillar which becomes a tiger moth....try google it may be what youve got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 When I was a freshy to Asia I wore my shirts as I always did in Europe within the trouser waistband. After my first and extremely painful encounter with a hairy caterpillar like this, fallen from a tree, I understood why the natives wear it outside ... Lesson learnt ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 It`s poisonous. http://www.123rf.com/photo_20578789_poisonous-caterpillar-in-rainforest-sourthern-of-thailand.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo4819 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 In Thailand, if it's pretty and has more than two legs, it can be dangerous. Come to think of it, those with two legs can be dangerous as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 (edited) As posters pointed out, fuzzy catepillars are literally irritating. Their "fuzz" are tiny barbed needles that with just the lightest touch will penetrate the skin and remain there. The rash and irritation and itch can last for days. I had close to 100 different yellow ones, if not more, in one tree about 2 years ago. Before that and since then, I have only seen one or two. But seem to get many really fuzzy ones like your picture every year (many being in the 20s). Edited November 28, 2013 by noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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