I was very inebriated yesterday and found this caterpillar, I was so fascinated by its hair that I pet it (Illinois)
The caterpillar was fine and walked up a tree afterwards (I only looked at him for 2 minutes) but how screwed am I? My finger got a black hair in it and I removed all that I could see of it but man, man oh man am I an idiot. A reverse image search told me that it’s a caterpillar of a Dagger Moth? Well at the time I just saw a fuzzy little worm that was too cute not to pet. Sobered up and my finger still hurts. Am I going to die? Is the caterpillar gonna be fine? Does the caterpillar hate me now?
u/Chiefpigloo — 2 days ago