Can anyone identify this "bug"?

shear_stupidity

11 years ago

He was waiting for me on my screen door when I got home from grocery shopping.

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thetradition
11 years ago
Yellow-based Tussock moth caterpillar

Here is a link that might be useful: http://bugguide.net/node/view/30294
shear_stupidity
Original Author
11 years ago
Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or indifferent? LOL!
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thetradition
11 years ago
Upon further review, it's probably a Southern Tussock moth caterpillar.

Apparently, it can sting.

I'm indifferent about the bug. Doubt it would bother anything you're trying to grow.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.floridanaturepictures.com/butterflies/southern_tussock.htm
starryrider
11 years ago
the sting part is important to remember. they hurt!
User
11 years ago
The tussocks don't sting. They are hairy and if the hair gets on you it itches/irritates just like fiberglass insulation. They are a huge pest here and I show them no mercy. Some years they are not so bad and other years they are a plague.
shear_stupidity
Original Author
11 years ago
Much as I love gardening, I'm not a "bug toucher." Just hope they don't touch ME.

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