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4th Buck Moth Caterpillar on patio in 2 days
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:38 pm
Im only seeing them at ground level. How can I keep them off my patio? How long do I have to worry about them? Where can I look for their source to eliminate it?
This post was edited on 4/30/14 at 6:39 pm
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Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:40 pm to AutoYes_Clown
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Buck Moth Caterpillar
Oh, those.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:41 pm to Jet12
I stepped on one of those frickers while bare-foot when I was a kid. It's worse than a bee and wasp sting.
This post was edited on 4/30/14 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:42 pm to Jet12
oh you mean a schnee
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:42 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:44 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Stepped on one of those barefoot on my patio 2 days ago. Way worse than a bee or wasp sting!
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:44 pm to AutoYes_Clown
You mean a stinging caterpillar? frick those things.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:46 pm to AutoYes_Clown
I picked one of those up as a kid on accident. Still traumatized.
This post was edited on 4/30/14 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:49 pm to AutoYes_Clown
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Buck Moth Caterpillar
So that's the name of them. Just always knew them as stinging caterpillars.
I def don't miss those evil looking frickers.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:54 pm to AutoYes_Clown
They come from Oak trees. From my understanding once they are caterpillars there isn't much you can do. If you spray the tree before they come out in spring it will help prevent them.
Lived Uptown for years and always had an eye out when I was outside because they are always falling out of the Oak trees.
Lived Uptown for years and always had an eye out when I was outside because they are always falling out of the Oak trees.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:54 pm to OneMoreTime
You from Vachrerie?
Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:57 pm to AutoYes_Clown
I had a "nest" of about 50 of them on one of my trees. Sprayed them with roach spray and that did the job. Now the past few days I've been seeing a dozen or so crawling on my stucco.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:01 pm to CHEDBALLZ
How can you tell? 
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:02 pm to 911Moto
Have them all over my back porch/steps. Didn't know that they hurt like that...glad I found out before I careless walked around barefoot out there again.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:03 pm to AutoYes_Clown
we took that riverboat ride down to the chalmette battlefield a couple weeks ago and those frickers were EVERYWHERE.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:06 pm to OneMoreTime
this was from the great buckmoth genocide of 2009
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:10 pm to OneMoreTime
My parents house had lots of those and the smaller white ones with red heads when I was growing up. She cut the trees down in the yard and never seen them around the house again.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 7:32 pm to AutoYes_Clown
My dogs balls are huge and red from laying on one of those. i feel pretty bad for him.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:49 pm to Creamer
Roach spray seems to take these guys with an excruciating death. They wiggle around and puke up brown stuff. I'm going to cover my patio in Home Defense and see if I see another one.
Does anyone know if they can leave their barbs behind when threatened or do you actually have to touch them?
Does anyone know if they can leave their barbs behind when threatened or do you actually have to touch them?
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:50 pm to Creamer
I used to keep my work shoes outside the front door until a few of them got in over a night several years ago. Put my feet in on my way out the door one morning and felt an intense sting and itch. Pulled my right shoe off and two came out. I had two rashes in the shape of a caterpillar that burnt and itched.
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