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Look But Don\’t Touch

  • February 8, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The flannel moth caterpillar looks fuzzy and cute, but don’t pick it up or touch it — it stings! Found throughout the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America, the caterpillar has prickly, venomous hairs that cause a very painful reaction in humans.

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