Buck moth caterpillars have made their annual spring invasion in Louisiana. Across New Orleans, residents have reported the familiar, spiny creature crowding sidewalks, falling from tree ...

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And how to react to the abundant bugs? The buck moth caterpillar falls out of oak trees in springtime, lands on your neck, and burns like that time you stepped on a Fourth of July sparkler.

That bright fluff is actually venomous spines, which can leave you with burn-like blisters. Many caterpillars like the buck moth have evolved a combination of venom and bright colors to warn ...

Some users suggested it was a black moth caterpillar or a buck moth caterpillar ... That pillow belongs to the fireplace now." "Burn it. Burn the house," suggested another scared Redditor.

Even in her 26 th floor New York corner office, Catherine Burns is surrounded by Alabama: painted magnolia leaves, a framed photo from her Alexander City youth, deer antlers, the Alabama license ...

NEW ORLEANS — The stinging buck moth caterpillars are back. Dozens have been spotted at a restaurant in Mid-City New Orleans. That's where Lisa Black was eating after flying in from Philadelphia.

leading Burns, who was uninjured, to answer: "No one, sir." That story (and that innocent but droll exchange) delivered to a small audience at a New York Moth StorySLAM back in the year 2000 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday listed the bogbean buck moth as an endangered species. The one-inch, black and white moth lives in only a handful of peat wetlands called ‘fens’ in ...

WASHINGTON— After more than 30 years of consideration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized the listing of the rare bog buck moth as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. But the ...