プレスの先週の天才への答え

棄権すべての人のための (私は、一部の読者を想定したい私たちの謎キャタピラの身元を知られている必要があります, しかし、コメントするのが面倒だった), ここに答えがある (休憩後に).

The caterpillar is Hemileuca maia (ヤママユガ). Those spines do indeed give a pretty nasty sting. Only a tiny bit superficially similar to a gypsy moth.

そして, for those of you paying attention: The Genius of the Press before last also needed an answer, which is almost too obvious to state. Butterflies do not eat leaves, and especially monarchs do not eat eucalyptus. The reporter must have failed second grade (and subsequently hired at the Santa Barbara News Press).