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BEAUTIFUL MONSTER....

trioderob

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trioderob Grand Master

trioderob

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anyone in the east have any experience with these ?

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empireo22 Proficient

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Yes plenty of saddlebacks here. They love the fronds on my Dypsis lutscens. I get stung by them often. using tape to remove the stingers helps some.

sashaeffer Veteran

sashaeffer

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what are those things?

Zeeth Grand Master

Zeeth

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There was 10 on an indoor palm we have. They were discovered when my brother got stung walking by it.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

Gonzer Grand Master

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Looks like a wiener dog wearin' one of them fruity sweaters.

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empireo22 Proficient

empireo22

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what are those things?

Saddleback caterpillars

Kostas Grand Master

Kostas

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Very beautiful! But I bet somewhat destructive to plants....

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

Kostas Grand Master

Kostas

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Really like the fluorescently colored markings! We have a pretty one here too but without the bristles and with leaner body mass. Less dramatic but I have never seen it damage palm leafs,only see it on weeds.

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

DoomsDave Grand Master

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Some spiny caterpillars can be really nasty. Some have venom like a cobras or "sea wasp", a highly potent neurotoxin.

Saddlebacks are far from being the worst. Not likely to be smuggled in shorts, however.

DON'T take a cavalier attitude about critters like that, especially in the tropics. Some are deadly, even if you're not allergic.

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The Silent Seed

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What does the adult look like? Too lazy to look it up :)

INDOOR palm? Was the palm recently brought inside, or did the adults come in and seek it out?

Yep - don't take these things lightly - They go to great measures to stay alive :)

redant Grand Master

redant

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They love the bottoms of coconut fronds, as you walk by the frond and those hairs touch you your skin lights on fire, or it feels that way. I chop them in half with some pruners.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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