Browntail moth caterpillars (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) have tiny barbed hairs containing toxins. These poisonous hairs cause skin rashes when ... Its body is brown with a broken white stripe on ...

The moth caterpillars typically live on oak and apple trees, but they also can live on coastal shrubs, such as plum and cherry. The caterpillars are dark brown ... for the rash caused by browntail ...

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