Its body is brown with a broken white stripe on both sides and two orange-red spots on the tail ... moth caterpillar has tiny barbed hairs containing a toxin that causes a rash.

These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements—and their geographic range is ...

The moth caterpillars typically live on oak and apple trees, but they also can live on coastal shrubs, such as plum and cherry. The caterpillars are dark brown ... for the rash caused by browntail ...

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Last year, the Maine Forest Service conducted two aerial surveys, measuring the amount of browntail moth caterpillars in our state. “And with both of those aerial surveys combined, we only ...