"You don’t acclimatize to the sting – they ALWAYS hurt. The worst incident was early in my stay in China when I stood up under a tree and an entire hatching of stinging slug caterpillars on ...

Some stinging caterpillars may even be found on crops such as corn. “Adult puss moths emerge in late spring or early summer to lay several hundred eggs on favored host trees,” said Merchant.

Learn to ID stinging caterpillars that are common in your region. Your local university coop extension service (find yours here) can tell you which ones you’ll find in your area.

The stinging Saddleback caterpillars are popping up across the area, ... We see them on things like sweet corn, fruit trees or little trees and shrubs. They're always there.

Stinging caterpillar season is starting back up in Texas. ... Some stinging caterpillars may even be found on crops such as corn, AgriLife specialists say.

Now it’s stinging caterpillars. As if there wasn’t enough to worry about in 2020, foresters in Virginia are warning that if you see a caterpillar that looks like a wig on a tree, don’t touch it.