Brushed up against this while picking corn. It stung.

intensely_human , 10 months ago

Just wait till the trip starts to take hold

Golfnbrew , 10 months ago

Unfortunately, Saddlebacks are all around the Southeast. Not fun.

TheTechNerd6789 , 10 months ago

Cute

milkjug , 10 months ago

Have been stung by a caterpillar, of all things, in my neck when I was young. It was mildly interesting that the affected area was more or less the pill-like oval shape of the caterpillar. Wasn’t too bad but I remember it itched like crazy.

fiat_lux , 10 months ago

So cute. How much do they hurt? Are we talking like bee-sting level, "oh god am I bleeding?" level?

Twitchy1 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Leemy.world choses what you get to see on other instances.

IMO worse than a bee. Add in the fear/anxiety of not knowing what is causing the pain. If you look down and see a stinger your brain calms, as long as you aren’t allergic. The saddleback can just brush against you and you get a feeling of being burnt, best way I can describe it, for an a half hour or so. Skin shows no irritation right away. Kinda scary the first time. I recently brushed up against one for the first time and had to search for what caused it. At first thought it was poison ivy or something but the burning kept getting worse very quickly.

I can’t even imagine what it feels like on your neck.

fiat_lux , 10 months ago

Spicy. I guess you have to be pretty spicy when you're also slow, small and squishy though.

myeyesburn OP , 10 months ago

I had no idea what had happened. I just felt a burning sensation on my neck. I thought at first I had just been cut by the corn stalk, but then the pain started spreading. I turned over the leaf and saw that, and freaked out.

The pain lasted for about 30 minutes. About an hour later, when I was able to look in the mirror, there was still a catapillar shaped welt.

Twitchy1 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Leemy.world choses what you get to see on other instances.

Your username suggests you looked very closely.

I’ve lived in this location for over 40 years before I had a run in with one… As a kid we grabbed any reptile/amphibian we saw while playing in the swamps but had never met a saddleback until a few years ago. Crazy little guys, beautiful but angry.

myeyesburn OP , 10 months ago

I’m in the same boat. Over 40 years here, and my first time encountering one. I had a serious WTF moment.

AnonymousLlama , 10 months ago

Horrifying looking thing 😮

altima_neo , 10 months ago

I saw those around mexico a lot. They are everywhere and they scared the shit out of me.

objectionist , 10 months ago

this thing qualifies as a new pokémon type lmao

elbarto777 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Fuuuuck, first pokemon reference since I left reddit. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

Edit: aaaaand the reddit mass downvoters arrived the fediverse.

objectionist , 10 months ago

what’s bad about pokémon references

ivanafterall , 10 months ago

He's an addict who has avoided triggers until now. As we speak, he's visibly shaking and sweating, scratching at his arms and trying to get his old copy of Pokemon Snap to boot.

elbarto777 , 10 months ago

You know me so well. Halp!!

Pinklink , 10 months ago

Did you know that Vaporeon…

elbarto777 , 10 months ago

Dammit!

myeyesburn OP , 10 months ago

It’s because you said the “R” word. ;-)

electrogamerman , 10 months ago

Reference?

myeyesburn OP , 10 months ago

Yeah, it’s taboo here, dontchaknow?!

CeruleanRuin , 10 months ago

If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s to not disparage someone’s childhood obsession on the internet unless you’re prepared for the backlash. Nostalgia runs feverish among forum users.

elbarto777 , 10 months ago

I understand this and I respect people’s childhoods. Except for pokemons, because it’s like crypto or U.S. politics: permeating every freaking thread.

soupspoon , 10 months ago

Yeesh I hope you’re doing alright, I have such a fear of a surprise caterpillar sting, especially on the neck

theodewere , 10 months ago

surprise caterpillar

band name maybe, debut album A Sting on the Neck

Whirlwindwanderer , 10 months ago

Cover picture: a massive crawler dozer right about to land on some guys neck

theodewere , 10 months ago

okay, is he too busy to notice the giant cat sneaking up on him because he's absorbed in his iphone? is the band making a social statement in this album? or is the caterpillar more of a metaphor for our own destructiveness coming back to bite him.. IN THE NECK..