Stinging caterpillars actually aren’t stinging you and injecting venom, like a wasp would," says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

Baby White-necked jacobins (Florisuga mellivora) in Panama seem to pretend to be a fuzzy and dangerous caterpillar. The findings are detailed in a study published March 17 in the journal Ecology.

This fuzzy white caterpillar is less common than similar ... they glide along using suction cups instead of grabby feet (the stinging rose slug is one that you may encounter in your garden).

It's that time of the year again: stinging caterpillar season. Furry buck moth caterpillars, armed with hollow spines attached to their venom sac, are slowly emerging throughout the state.