The asp or puss caterpillar is the most common species of stinging caterpillar in the Houston area, according to the Texas ...

University of Queensland Asp caterpillars spend most of their time innocently crawling along the branches of oak and elm trees in North America. But when these hairy creatures come into contact ...

Texas A&M AgriLife experts warn of stinging caterpillars as weather warms, what you should know about their venom, and how to identify one.

The puss caterpillar, also known as an asp caterpillar ... can lay several hundred eggs in Central Texas each year on trees like oak, pecan, elm and hackberry. It's while clinging to those ...

Here’s how it works. Don't be fooled by the asp caterpillar's innocent look: Its fluffy coat conceals dagger-like spines with a painful venom that hospitalizes dozens of people in the U.S. every ...

"A good rule of thumb is if a caterpillar looks 'fuzzy ... hackberry or other host trees. They also feed on dwarf yaupon and other shrubs. The asp's venom can cause skin redness, itching ...

Researchers found the asp caterpillar's venom evolved via transferred ... which is native to North America and found in oak or elm trees, is covered in hair-like bristles that cause severe ...