{"id":26272,"date":"2026-11-12T09:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=26272"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:29:12","slug":"if-you-spot-this-insect-in-your-yard-you-had-better-know-what-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=26272","title":{"rendered":"If you spot this insect in your yard, you had better know what it is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If the rise of\u00a0social media\u00a0has given birth to one thing positive, it\u2019s that people can now share information at an unprecedented pace.<\/strong>

This also means that warnings over potential dangers can make their way around within a very short amount of time, making us all \u2013 in theory at least \u2013 a little safer.

A few years ago, one such\u00a0warning\u00a0was issued by a mom whose\u00a0son\u00a0developed a strange, red grid-like mark on his skin after collecting some tree branches one day A short time later he was being rushed to the ER. Now, Andrea Pergola wants everyone to know something that could potentially save lives\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Andrea\u2019s 15-year-old son Logan was collecting tree branches as part of his volunteer work, he felt a momentary sharp pain when something stung him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within minutes, a red grid-like mark had appeared on his arm, and before long it had become a full-blown rash. The rash spread up his arm to his chest, and the area soon burned with an unbearable pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only that, but Logan experienced dizziness and grew pale. His mom washed the area and rubbed garlic on it in an attempt to pull the venom out (this is often said work with bug stings). Try as she might though, nothing seemed to have an effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOX 13 News \u2013 Tampa Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was Logan\u2019s grandfather who located the bug that had stung Logan. He donned thick gloves, placed it in a bag and examined it closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a caterpillar, one both \u201ccute\u201d and fuzzy. It also transpired to be one of the most poisonous caterpillars in all of North America. After conducting some research online, Andrea realized she had to get Logan to the ER, and fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease research this caterpillar, be aware of it and make your kids aware of it,\u201d<\/em> Andrea wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not native to Florida, but to Texas, and just happens to live here now. Please if you are stung or your kid is stung get to the ER and let them treat you. I can assure you \u2014 we didn\u2019t realize he had been stung so many times and normal over-the-counter Benadryl would not have treated this at home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOX 13 News \u2013 Tampa Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Watch more on Logan\u2019s ordeal \u2013 and his mom\u2019s subsequent warning \u2013 below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you ever seen anything like this? Let us know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the rise of\u00a0social media\u00a0has given birth to one thing positive, it\u2019s that people can now share information at an unprecedented pace.This also means that warnings over potential dangers can make their way around within a very short amount of time, making us all \u2013 in theory at least \u2013 a little safer.A few years …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26274,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26272\/revisions\/26274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}