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I live in the pine forests north of Houston, Texas. I was trimming bushes in my yard one afternoon and throwing the pieces into a lawn bag when I noticed an insect, which I believe to be a walking stick, on a piece of yaupon that I was about to throw into the bag. Not wanting to harm the little critter, I leaned in toward it and blew on it to get it off the vegetation. It spit (or propelled in some way) about 6-10 small blobs of a dark brown thick liquid onto my face and eyes. My eyes burned badly enough that I dropped everything and stumbled into the house to wash my eyes out with water. No permanent harm was done and I understand the liquid is not an acid but is chemically more related to kerosene So, they can hurt, but not harm.

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16y ago

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