{"id":21602,"date":"2025-09-27T10:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21602"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:09:13","slug":"hickory-tussock-moth-caterpillar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21602","title":{"rendered":"Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=21601\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?fit=2000%2C1736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1758880228&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;87.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc02194\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?fit=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?fit=904%2C785&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=904%2C785&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=1024%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=768%2C667&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=1536%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?resize=904%2C785&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dsc02194.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, September 2025 \u2014 These little caterpillars are apparently very irritating to some folk\u2019s skin\u2026not venomous, and certainly not toxic, but irritating. They are numerous here in Southern Maine as fall comes on. I was taking a photo of a mushroom at the base of a tree when two of them fell onto my hat and landed in the grass. I think they are kind of attractive in an understated kind of way\u2026but not attractive enough to risk picking one up. \ud83d\ude42 Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 131mm equivalent. Program mode with insect modifications. 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They are numerous here in Southern Maine as fall comes on. 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