DON'T TOUCH  As cute as they may look, Florida officials are urging you to stay vigilant of certain insects crawling their ...

A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures, a group of scientists has found. The browntail moth is ...

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Skin-irritating tussock moth caterpillars return to Central Florida ...

Florida residents may be seeing a familiar springtime visitor crawling around neighborhoods and playgrounds once again: tussock moth caterpillars.

Browntail moth caterpillars have small hairs that can cause a poison ivy-like rash and difficulty breathing in humans. sandra standbridge Warmer temperatures are likely causing an increase in invasive ...

I live in Maine, where browntail moth caterpillars can be found. The caterpillars have a toxin on their hairs that can cause painful and itchy rashes on humans. I woke up covered in what I thought ...

This 2017 photo by Holland Haverkamp shows a browntail moth caterpillar in Maine. The caterpillars can cause an itchy rash in humans, and a new study by University of Maine scientists states that ...

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