Evidence of Stinging Caterpillar in Maryland

A species of stinging caterpillar more common in southern climates appears to have arrived on the Eastern Shore.

Francis Breeding, a pest management consultant with the Queen Anne's County Extension Office, says a woman needed medical treatment last week because venom from a puss caterpillar traveled up her arm to her lymph nodes.

Breeding says puss caterpillars don't bite, but their hair contains the venom.

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