Automeris Naranja

It's caterpillar time...

This one is most interesting...

It is an Automeris Naranja.

I think it should be called an "Automeris Rosada"...because clearly it is more rosada then naranja. This fellow was hanging out on the willow tree that is currently being trimmed (goat food) for eventual removal altogether.

If you happen to brush against this caterpillar with your bare skin, you'll feel it rather instantaneously. Venom is injected through the green hair and it feels like you've been bitten by red ants. Obviously that's not MY paw hanging out millimeters from this killer beast.