Josh Clark

In North America, the biggest one we have is the puss caterpillar, P-U-S-S.

Megalopage uppercularis, the southern flannel moth.

And just accidentally brushing it can cause excruciating pain I've seen.

So just be careful.

Like, admire caterpillars with your eyes, not with your hands.

There's one other thing, too.

The eastern tent caterpillars are problematic, especially in places like Kentucky, because they cause what's called mare reproductive loss syndrome, where just, I think, 50 grams, which is a tenth of a pound of these caterpillars ingested by a horse while it's foraging, can cause it to lose its fetus, have a stillborn birth.

All sorts of crazy stuff, so much so that it has a whole syndrome named after it, and it's just from eating these caterpillars.

Oh, wow.

Isn't that crazy?

I thought you'd like that.

Yeah, caterpillars are great.

I think we should do a two-parter with butterflies.

Okay, I say we get on it then, Chuck.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I guess they don't have to come out back-to-back.

They can be companion pieces.

How about that?

Okay.