Lepidopterism are the adverse effects resulting from contact with larval l caterpillars.
Caterpillars are worm-like,larval forms of both butterflies and moths. Since they often end up as
food for other animals, caterpillars have developed setae (hair or spines) that may be
directly irritating or capable of transmitting various venoms.
Unlike wasps and bees with stingers, stinging caterpillars have urticating hairs, which are barbed hairs that easily
break off the caterpillar’s body if the caterpillar is brushed against and can embed in a person’s skin, where they cause sudden or gradually building pain. Many stinging caterpillars . . .
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