Pentru toti cei care s-au abținut de la vot (Vreau să-și asume anumite cititori trebuie să fi cunoscut identitatea omida nostru mister, dar au fost prea leneș pentru a comenta), aici este răspunsul (după pauză).
The caterpillar is Hemileuca maia (saturniidae). Those spines do indeed give a pretty nasty sting. Only a tiny bit superficially similar to a gypsy moth.
Și, 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).
holy crap.