"The pain was so excruciating I was hysterically crying in the hospital, pleading for the doctors and nurses to help me. Morphine didn’t even touch the pain."
-- Bri Oteri of Dade City
When you first see a puss caterpillar, it looks a lot like a lucky rabbit’s foot or even the fuzzy ear of a stuffed teddy bear. But these fluffy insects are anything but sweet and cuddly.
Puss caterpillars are some of the most venomous insects in the United States. They tend to make two seasonal visits to Florida and other surrounding states, one in the spring and one during the fall.
According to experts, this insect has a sharp, poisonous spine that is hidden by its seemingly innocent fur.
Read more at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune