Antihistamines (like Benadryl), topical hydrocortisone cream, calamine lotion, ice packs, epsom salt baths, and removal of caterpillar hairs with Scotch (cellophane) tape.
The hickory tussock moth caterpillar, known for its ability to leave painfully itchy rashes from the barbed setae stay in their cocoons from mid to late September until the following April.
Spotted tussock moth caterpillar
Illinois has caterpillars that include the brown hooded owlet moth and monarch butterfly. Other caterpillars that are found in Illinois include the Asteroid, white-marked tussock moth, yellow-marked tussock moth, milkweed tussock moth, and the viceroy caterpillar.
a tussock moth
Normally hickory, but they'll eat many different tree leaves given the chance.
1 week
It has a type of sex maniac poison
The Rusty Tussock Moth or Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua
Yes, the black and orange fuzzy caterpillar you may be referring to is likely a Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillar.
Nope. But their hairs can produce a poison ivy-like rash if you come into contact with them.
The name of the orange caterpillar with black spots commonly found in North America is the Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar.
It is a moth of the Lymantriidae family, first described in 1758. In the early stages of it's life, it is a caterpillar.