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rare
Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar
Lonomia obliqua
- Habitat
- Southern Brazilian and South American rainforest tree trunks
- Body length
- 55 mm
- Order
- Lepidoptera · Saturniidae
Weird but real
Guinness names it the world's most venomous caterpillar; its spines trigger fatal internal bleeding.
Why it's cool
A mossy little bristle-ball that looks like tree bark yet carries an anticoagulant venom that can kill a grown adult.
