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Spikey caterpillar. Those spikes at the head end are both retractible and capable of stinging. The sting is very mild, a bit like being stung by a half-hearted stinging nettle. You know you have brushed one, but that is about it.

If you google the name "LIMACODIDAE" you will come up with some very spectacular looking caterpillars.

Found on Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, January, 2015.

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Uploaded on August 28, 2017