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Caterpillar aggregation

Hylesia sp.

Photo by ThalitaMorais
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Description:

Caterpillar aggregation at the bases of a tree. The individuals of this genus are special because not only the larvae phase (caterpillar) inflict a painful sting (intoxication known as erucism), but the adult (moth) is equally dangerous and burns just as much with it's abdominal scales that are modified in seta (lepidopterism).

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Hylesia – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

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