2020 July 24 afternoon

 

   Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  I found this large caterpillar crawling in my garage.  I picked it up and got the impression that its bristles are stinging.  

 

   Jeremy Tatum replies:  Yes indeed its bristles have an effect a bit like stinging nettles.  It affects some people more than others.  It certainly affects me, and apparently Jochen, too.  Viewers who find one are advised not to handle it.

 

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Mike McGrenere writes:  This caterpillar came home with me from Rocky Point on my pack.  Jeremy Tatum writes:  This is not a moth, but is rather the larva of a giant sawfly:

 

Trichiosoma triangulum (Hym.: Cimbicidae)  Mike McGrenere