Alternate title: I've got a caterpillar in my pants!
that we have "venomous" caterpillars in Ohio. How it happened I have no idea! But two days ago, I felt this twitching at my ankle. I wrote it off as just a nerve twitch that I get once in a while due to a lingering back issue. But then it feels like it's moving up my calf. I'm thinking... damn spider!.. I pat my pantleg down and out falls this friggin green caterpillar with long black things on its back. I freak out! How the hell did that get there!? Then I freak out more because my leg is starting to itch and tingle a bit.
I bag that sucker and text my wife. She says "take a Benadryl". So after I do that I go online to look up what the hell just bit/stung me. I find out it's an American Dagger Caterpillar. Now I'm looking into whether the things are dangerous. Luckily I find out they just cause irritation, as in a pretty good rash that I now have on my calf. 50 years and 10 days... Who knew there were venomous caterpillars in Ohio??
