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Puss moth caterpillars (Megalopyge opercularis), of the order Lepidoptera, are also known as asps. They are one of the most toxic caterpillars in North America. Puss moth caterpillars are endemic to the southern US and live in shade trees and shrubbery around homes and schools and in parks.
26 wrz 2023 · In Southern Louisiana, bees and wasps, including hornets (which are a type of wasp), are types of stinging insects. They are busiest in late summer and early fall when their colonies are biggest, and worker insects are seeking food.
The spines, when brushed against the skin, produce a painful rash or sting. The best known flannel moth and stinging caterpillar in Texas is the southern flannel moth, or puss moth caterpillar, Megalopyge opercularis. In Texas these caterpillars are commonly known as “asps”.
10 maj 2024 · A couple of species that do have stings are army ants, found in the southern U.S., and harvester ants, found in the southern U.S. and western Canada. The sting (formally called an aculeus), which is connected to a venom sac, is a modified egg-laying tube (ovipositor).
8 lis 2023 · According to a study published by the Southern Medical Journal in May 2020, an average of 1.2 million Americans a year needed emergency treatment for bug bites and stings. These bites cost an estimated $5.7 billion in health care costs and lost wages. But which bugs are worst? And where are particular bugs the worst?
5 sty 2022 · Notorious for its aggressive nature and tendency to sting, Southern Yellowjackets are best given wide berth and left alone. They guard nests with ferocity. They can, and do, sting multiple times without dying. Because nests are in or near the ground, stinging incidents commonly result from unknowingly stepping on or near nests.
State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.
