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[edit]DescriptionPretty, but dangerous! (6684713795).jpg |
English: Not sure what it is called, but if you happen to come in contact with these hairs, you get a horrible, extremely itchy rash.
Someone on projectnoah.org [an amazing wild-life site for any type of nature identification], said this was a variety of Tussock Moth. I got the following from Wikipedia... Lymantriidae is a family of moths. Many of its component species are referred to as "Tussock moths" of one sort or another. The caterpillar, or larval, stage of these species often has a distinctive appearance of alternating bristles and haired projections. Like other families of moths, many Tussock Moth caterpillars have urticating hairs (often hidden among longer, softer hairs) which can cause painful reactions if they come into contact with skin. The larvae are also hairy, often with hairs packed in tufts, and in many species the hairs break off very easily and are extremely irritating to the skin (especially members of the genus Euproctis; Schaefer, 1989). This highly effective defence serves the moth throughout its life cycle as the hairs are incorporated into the cocoon, from where they are collected and stored by the emerging adult female at the tip of the abdomen and used to camouflage and protect the eggs as they are laid. In others, the eggs are covered by a froth that soon hardens, or are camouflaged by material the female collects and sticks to them (Schaefer, 1989). In the larvae of some species, hairs are gathered in dense tufts along the back and this gives them the common name of tussocks or tussock moths. |
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Source | pretty, but dangerous! |
Author | pamsai, 200K views, thank you |
Camera location | 12° 13′ 51.2″ N, 79° 03′ 55.35″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 12.230890; 79.065376 |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot A720 IS |
Exposure time | 1/160 sec (0.00625) |
F-number | f/4 |
ISO speed rating | 800 |
Date and time of data generation | 17:45, 31 August 2009 |
Lens focal length | 5.8 mm |
JPEG file comment | AppleMark |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | QuickTime 7.7.1 |
File change date and time | 20:34, 12 January 2012 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 17:45, 31 August 2009 |
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Image compression mode | 3 |
APEX shutter speed | 7.3125 |
APEX aperture | 4 |
APEX exposure bias | −0.33333333333333 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.96875 APEX (f/2.8) |
Metering mode | Center weighted average |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |