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The article only mentions urticating hairs on tarantulas, but they are apparently not unique to tarantulas (or even arachnids). I followed a link from Pupa to get to this article. Urticating hairs are also found on caterpillars such as the Oak Processionary. Perhaps someone who knows more about the subject could rewrite the article to reflect this. (Or correct the links on the other articles if they are directed here erroneously.) 134.58.43.46 15:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A lot on caterpillars since added. David notMD (talk) 22:22, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Information on other species has been added since 2007 Biologos (talk) 11:33, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hairs or bristles?

The title of the page includes the word "hair", but the the word is not used until the third section on the page. Bristle is defined as a hair or feather, but feathers are not involved here. I'd like to change "bristle" to "hair" throughout the page. Nadiatalent (talk) 21:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This should have been done long ago. I've done it now. The alternative is to move the article (but then plants would have to be excluded). Peter coxhead (talk) 11:41, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yet we have "17:04, 30 April 2020‎ Skipcress +409‎ Added note that "urticating hairs" is a misnomer, as only mammals have hair. Changed all instances of the word "hair"/"hairs" to "bristle"/"bristles," except for the term "urticating hair"/"urticating hairs," as this is technically more correct." I'm sorry, but I am confused. "urticating hair" is correct, despite it not actually being a hair? How is this? Perhaps this should be "Urticating Setae"? ThomasHarrisGrantsPass (talk) 15:11, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Define "Ultricate"

It doesn't seem to be properly defined here, and an Internet search just leads right back here. Do we have any source for this term ? StuRat (talk) 14:45, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No longer appears in the article; it seems to have been a typo. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:42, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The same is true for the correctly spelled word "urticate", though: "Urtica is Latin for "nettle" (stinging nettles are in the genus Urtica), and bristles that urticate are characteristic of this type of plant, and many other plants in several families." Biologos (talk) 07:56, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I will add a separate heading for the missing definition of "to urticate" now. Biologos (talk) 11:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo has been removed since 2015 Biologos (talk) 11:32, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added rash image

Added rash image from Brown-tail moth article. David notMD (talk) 22:22, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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can the title be changed to "urticating bristles" seeing as they are not hairs? i can't find how to edit titles, but if that is done, i will edit anything else that has hair instead of bristle

See the comments above. This article covers plants as well as other organisms. They aren't called "bristles" in plants. They are also called "urticating hairs" in Foelix, Rainer F. (2011), Biology of Spiders (3rd p/b ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-973482-5 (e.g. p. 15). Peter coxhead (talk) 10:12, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Define "urticate"

At present, the definition of "urticating hairs" in the article seems to be that they are hairs - or similar structures - that "urticate", and that this is somehow related to nettles: "Urtica is Latin for "nettle" (stinging nettles are in the genus Urtica), and bristles that urticate are characteristic of this type of plant, and many other plants in several families." What is missing, though, is a definition of "to urticate". Biologos (talk) 11:36, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]