We were enjoying afternoon tea in the garden when Andy pointed out a
small caterpillar on my arm. It looked dark and hairy but there was a
yellow strip along the top that looked like a smaller caterpillar taking
a ride. I watched it for a couple of minutes as it wandered around my
arm then put it on the lawn and thought nothing more about it ...
.... until I was getting ready for bed. My arm had strange red scratch marks across it. exactly where the caterpillar had been. Andy said it was a Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar so I looked it up and it turns out those little hairs are full of poison: they break off as it crawls. Be warned ... I was still marked 24 hours later!
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