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zmet, 23.06.2006 8:02
In the first decade of June, I had a collision with a caterpillar (near Moscow).
I tried to find a photo of such a caterpillar somewhere, but I didn't find it. I will describe how I can: about 4-5 cm long, plump, hairy (black hair, about 5 mm long, near the head and tail are collected in "bunches", from a distance similar to spikes). The skin itself is dark, with faint yellow spots. Similar to the photo, but it doesn't seem to be the same. The hair was darker, with more yellow spots than outline. Although maybe it's the same one of the other sex
But it's not that I'm really interested in knowing what kind of butterfly it is. When you take this caterpillar in your hands, its villi remain on your fingers. Soon these villi got under the skin, many of them became invisible. Bumps appeared in the place where they hit (now the fingers feel like cucumbers to the touch). And a couple of days ago, they began to move (it can be seen that they are spread by blood). Now there are grooves on the hands (1-1.5 cm long). It is not possible to extract the hairs.
Can anyone come across this? Or knows how to deal with it.
Can a caterpillar be poisonous?
I am very much looking forward to your answers.
Thank you.
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