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Blue-striped Nettle Grub

Parasa lepida

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Field Notes

Description:

No wonder if the common name is "Nettle Caterpillar", because they stung me and that was very painful..

Habitat:

Found on Mango tree

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Parasa lepida

Species ID Suggestions

Nettle caterpillar

Parasa lepida

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Comments (20)
Maria dB
Great series; sorry you were hurt getting it though!
patty
very cute and colorful caterpillars and lovely pictures =)
folicallychalled
Not so bad then, but to be avoided. I am very wary of all hairy bugs, after a bad experience as a kid back in the UK. Dave
Jason Alexander
@Wilson: It's fine, just for information :) @Dave: Yeah you're right, but they'll only give you less than 12 hours of painful, in my experience :)
folicallychalled
After I found mine, I read that they will give you 24 hours of painful discomfort. I guess I was lucky as I did direct it a tad with my finger and got away with it. A beautiful but dangerous bug. Dave

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