My wife found one of these dead things on our lawn....
Its hairs “are actually venomous spines that cause a painful reaction if touched,?the ******ia forestry department said. Counting their hairy coats, they appear perhaps an inch and a half in length, somewhat smaller than the elm leaves on which they dine. They also eat oak leaves.
The southern flannel moth, the University of Florida said, is found from New Jersey to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is common in Florida but the largest populations are in Texas, from Dallas southward in the western central part of the state, the university said.
Its hairs “are actually venomous spines that cause a painful reaction if touched,?the ******ia forestry department said. Counting their hairy coats, they appear perhaps an inch and a half in length, somewhat smaller than the elm leaves on which they dine. They also eat oak leaves.
The southern flannel moth, the University of Florida said, is found from New Jersey to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is common in Florida but the largest populations are in Texas, from Dallas southward in the western central part of the state, the university said.
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