I live in Maine, where browntail moth caterpillars can be found. The caterpillars have a toxin on their hairs that can cause painful and itchy rashes on humans. I woke up covered in what I thought ...

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The culprit behind a skin rash outbreak in the outlying islands of Taiwan’s Penghu County has been identified as the caterpillars of an indigenous moth, but officials did not ...