The most repulsive insect I've ever set eyes on

Brazil has some pretty gross bugs: spiders, ants, cockroaches, and all sorts of nasty creepy crawly things.

This, however, beats them all.

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This, my friends, is a CATERPILLAR.

And it's covered in poisonous spines, and if touched by humans, it can cause hemorrhage and death.

In 2008 alone, this disgusting creature caused 14 poisonings and 1 death in the state of Parana.

I saw some similar poisonous caterpillars in Minas Gerais when we went there, but none like this.

Comments

[Barbara]

you know that's not just one, it's like a bunch of them. I took a picture of something like that years ago, at my friend's farm. After that they make their cocoons and only a few make it. It was a lot more disgusting, but I'm into horror movies, so there.

[Joyce]

Does anyone have the technical name of this caterpillar?