Peter Dexter
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Tom dinning
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Got more hair than I have.
Is this one that stings or just tastes awful?
Is this one that stings or just tastes awful?
Peter Dexter
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Stings. I didn't try tasting it.
Asher Kelman
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Peter,
So what’s this impressive hairy thing called?
..... and did you come across it in the woods, your garden or where?
Asher
So what’s this impressive hairy thing called?
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Is this a Tussock Moth species or relative?
Peter Dexter
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Yes you are correct.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Peter,
How common is it near you?
It’s simply amazing to me in its flamboyant beauty for such a small creature!
I wonder whether the large fibers give it defense by the appearance of a larger, more ominous foe for any would be threat?
Or do birds and snakes and other insects gobble them up just the same?
Asher
How common is it near you?
It’s simply amazing to me in its flamboyant beauty for such a small creature!
I wonder whether the large fibers give it defense by the appearance of a larger, more ominous foe for any would be threat?
Or do birds and snakes and other insects gobble them up just the same?
Asher
Peter Dexter
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Well as I posted earlier many "furry" ones have venom glands as the base of the hairs which provide venom to any hairs that are broken off say when to brush them aside. I brushed against one ounce while mowing the lawn and it stung the dickens out of me. It's impression on my leg left purple blotches on my skin in it's form and I couldn't get rid of it online for months afterwards.