Stinging caterpillars

[Hart8]

Yessir'

I got hit by an asp in the thigh.....put me down for three days. That was 16 years ago and I still have the mark on my thigh. I just remember it being three days of hell.

I got as "Asp" sting on my back once,and the scar's still there...It hurt for days...Still remember smacking it with my hand,and got it too! I'm pretty sure there's a difference between the caterpillar that stings,and those guys.

[simek]

I got hit tonight by one of those little ba$tards. Stung pretty good.

[JP8]

Last year at work I had one bring me down to my knees. It was in my ATV helmet and I put it on not knowing. I thought it was a rock in there so I moved it around to stop the rock from poking me. After I kept feeling pain I took it off and saw a green and red little thing with spikes on it. Had to call our medic over due to me gettig red, weak, sweating, and breathing heavy. I lost my man card at first until everyone saw how bad it was.

[Draco]

Wow Leland, size 14, now I completely understand BigL.....Sir.

This week both my wife and I have put our arms on one. It burned a bit on me but wasn't too bad. On my wife, it raised a welt and still looks bad and she was in a lot of pain.

[Johnny Dangerr]

Thor, your not suggesting I keep a bottle of wizzzz around the house are you?

Anything that brushes you like a Jellyfish or Asp lays poison on your skin. Any high asid will kill the effects. Don't know about you - but - if I needed a bit of high acid fluid, my opperating system would produce it....

[BigL]

Wow Leland, size 14, now I completely understand BigL.....Sir.

This week both my wife and I have put our arms on one. It burned a bit on me but wasn't too bad. On my wife, it raised a welt and still looks bad and she was in a lot of pain.

Lol. I'm only 6'3" and weigh 260 to go with that size 14. I was at 295 the first of this year so not as big as I was.

Sorry to hear you both got one hit by one this week. On my 13yr old niece she had a big welt too and said it burned really bad. My neighbor had one fall from the tree when he was mowing the yard and fell down the back of his neck and into his shirt. He said he had 5 good spots on his back. I'm wearing a hat with brim all the way around it after hearing him talk about that going down his back! I thought about spraying the trees in my yard but probably wouldn't do any good if the trees around me aren't sprayed too. Oh well how much longer before they turn into a moth?

[JP8]

Anything that brushes you like a Jellyfish or Asp lays poison on your skin. Any high asid will kill the effects. Don't know about you - but - if I needed a bit of high acid fluid, my opperating system would produce it....

I use meat tenderizer or tobacco for jelly fish.

[kfd82]

I use meat tenderizer or tobacco for jelly fish.

When I worked EMS in Galveston we kept white vinegar and meat tenderizer on the ambulance. You can make a paste out of it and put it on jellyfish stings. Not sure about caterpillars though.

[BirdRanger]

My 6 year old got tagged twice last weekend all swollen up and she was howling in pain a bit of tobacco and baking soda fixed her up, nasty little burgers.

[Brute Killer]

We always used vinegar on stinging nettles. Similar, I guess. Never been stung by a caterpillar (knock wood).

[Brute Killer]

When a **** moth caterpillar rubs or is pressed against skin, venomous hairs stick into the skin, causing a severe burning sensation and rash

http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/asp/

[br549redneck]

I never heard of one or been stung by one.

[JP8]

http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/asp/

This is what i had in my helmet