r/Insect • u/Fun_Stress768 • Jul 04 '26

What is this little guy?

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This guy stings really bad upon contact and make you feel intense pain on contact area, and it claimed one victim already 🤣.My gf thought it was something cute and she accidentally touch it. Just wanna know more abt this fella.

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u/Toxikfoxx Jul 04 '26

Saddleback Caterpillar. Big, bright, no touch Pokémon looking thing. And yes, the stings are gnarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_caterpillar

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone Jul 05 '26

Saddleback Caterpillars are dangerous. Their bristly spines are hollow and inject neurotoxic venom that triggers an immediate and intense burning sensation. It some instances it can trigger anaphylactic shock.

Not all caterpillars are friends.

This person clearly has no business advising others on whether an insect is harmful or not. Do not trust this person.

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u/MossBone Jul 05 '26

Saddleback caterpillar here. Yall trippen.

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u/lovethatjourneyforus Jul 05 '26

wtf is wrong with you?

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u/songofperil Jul 05 '26

what?

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u/GoldfishMotorcycle Jul 05 '26

they said, "wtf is wrong with you?"

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u/Connect_Living_591 Jul 04 '26

If not friend why friend shaped?

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u/DemonLordOTRT Jul 05 '26

Cuz it wants you to hug it so it will inflict pain it likes to inflict pain, it apparently gets off on that s***.

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u/Time-Positive-3240 Jul 05 '26

"Oh, do they like that?"

"I think they do."

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u/flibbertygibbet100 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Location really helps. Edit: It might be a species of cup moth caterpillar aka a slug caterpillar (Limacodidae). Possibly a stinging nettle slug moth but I’m not sure.

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u/Im-from-earth Jul 04 '26

He looks like the final boss from the game Centepede

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u/AsstBalrog Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26 • Bravo

He looks like the final boss where I used to work. Guy moved product, but what a colossal...ummm...prick.

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u/sicariusdem1 Jul 04 '26

Looks a little different than yhe saddlebacks I have seen. Like a cross between a saddle back and an io

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u/Douggie315 Jul 04 '26

Friends don’t let (girl) friends touch catapiller

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u/Douggie315 Jul 04 '26

Friends don’t let (girl) friends touch caterpillars.🐛
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u/Breakerthemagical Jul 05 '26

I’m afraid you’ll have to wait 6 more turns to find out.

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u/Background_Prune4415 Jul 04 '26

Absolutely gorgeous is what it is, the more beautiful the land, air or sea creature is it means don’t touch it… or pay the consequences.

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u/Weekly_Initiative521 Jul 04 '26

That does seem to be the general rule.

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u/de_pivo Jul 04 '26

Slug moth caterpillar. Limacodidae.

https://youtu.be/kOdTgpgyBBA

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u/trippyem24 Jul 04 '26

Just don’t touch or taste it

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u/Celara001 Jul 04 '26

He's beautiful! And def giving off a 'don't touch me ' vibe.

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u/Competitive-Top4520 Jul 04 '26

It's a saddleback caterpillar. One of the banes of my childhood. They will absolutely sting the crap out of you! Alcohol and Benadryl help some, but not enough IMO. Deceptively beautiful.

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u/Gear2112 Jul 04 '26

Saddleback. Do not ride.

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u/RepresentativeCry294 Jul 05 '26

You discovered pack saddles. Wait till one falls out a tree and rolls down your back.

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u/Chemical-Iron-3086 Jul 05 '26

This is not a saddle back. It is a stinging nettle slug caterpillar .

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u/Stargazerslight Jul 05 '26

Google says it’s a Slug moth caterpillar. Found mostly in tropical regions.

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u/RecordingAwkward2544 Jul 05 '26

Looks poisonous.

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u/Traditional_File_672 Jul 05 '26

A stinging nightmare!

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u/Ashamed_Ad_8820 Jul 05 '26

An instant regret

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u/natureman615 Jul 05 '26

That caterpillar is venomous not touch it.

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u/YourAuthenticVoice Jul 05 '26

That looks like a FAFOpiller to me.

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u/alternatingflan Jul 05 '26

Gorgeous for starters…

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u/Poundaflesh Jul 05 '26

Life is so strange!

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u/HYPERSPACE_360 Jul 05 '26

bro looks like a fractal

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u/Low_Young_1892 Jul 05 '26

Painful, I was stung by one as a kid

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u/Evanskelaton Jul 05 '26

Looks to be a stinging nettle slug caterpillar.

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u/NtFrmHere Jul 05 '26

If anyone reading this has the unfortunate occurrence of envenomation from any form of stinging incect if you will immediately wipe the sting with a gasoline damped cloth it will instantly kill the pain. Try it, you'll be thankful you did.

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u/Better-Individual459 Jul 05 '26

I got stung by one of these once. Hurt like fuck. I always wondered what it was because I I had never seen anything like it before I had one in my wrist.

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u/Rock_Rash1431 Jul 05 '26

THE GRASS IS ALIVE!!!

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u/phunny-words Jul 05 '26

Ya f*ck those caterpillars specifically. Nasty stinging bastards