The pain from the southern flannel moth caterpillar sting has been described in several different, but all excruciating ways—a white-hot or knife-like sensation, a pain you can feel in your ...

The southern flannel moths likes to feed on elms, maples, hackberries, hollies, oaks, and sycamores, according to the NC State Extension. Kelly Stoj Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ...

Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of South Carolina, used the words “fuzzy” and “adorable” to describe the southern flannel moth, a common springtime ...