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Web Site Search: Medical Photograph Library Friday, May 09, 2008 Find more information or images about this topic from the Web or the world's best medical journals by using the search boxes at the top of this page.   Puss caterpillar skin reaction/irritation (Puss caterpillar envenomation): A 52-year- old man presented with a painful, itchy, red rash to his left front chest wall that occurred after he dried himself off with a towel in which a puss caterpillar was found. A puss caterpillar can cause a painful, itchy, red rash and fluid filled lesions on contact with its body hair. Here is a close-up view. Puss caterpillar (L.S.)

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