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7-Year-Old Boy's Parents Issue Warning After Son's Curiosity Has Very Serious Consequences - Detroit Daily News

A boy in Mississippi was stung by the most venomous caterpillar in America. Wyatt McCaskill, a 7-year-old boy from Horn Lake, Mississippi, was playing in his front yard when he decided to pick up a puss moth caterpillar. “We were throwing leaves at each other, and I picked up one and it stung me,” he said. The dime-sized caterpillar, unbeknownst to Wyatt, holds a painful poison in its hair and is extremely dangerous. Suddenly, the boy found hims…
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Detroit Daily News broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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