As far as I can tell, this all started with another post that described the effects of a little girl’s decision to lick one of these caterpillars. The “caterpillar terror” has only surfaced in the last few years and is a bit mystifying to us. Don’t touch it!”Īs naturalists, we are constantly dispelling myths and calming fears about our native wildlife, but we are typically fielding questions about the usual suspects: snakes, spiders, bats, coyotes. More importantly, it has hairs with barbs that can stick into your skin and its back contains rash-giving venom. It can be either white or brightly colored. This is a venomous caterpillar from Canada known as the White Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar and it’s been spotted in northeast Ohio. “POISONOUS CATERPILLAR FOUND IN OHIO- It may look like a woolly worm.but it’s not. You may have seen this post somewhere on social media:
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