The squash leaves also act as a "living mulch", creating a microclimate to retain moisture in the soil, and the prickly hairs of the vine deter pests.

When they capture caterpillars, they shake it vigorously and skin off the prickly hairs on the backs before consumption.

The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles.

His eyes were like black pools of water, his hair a hoary white, prickly and short, with a parting down the middle which looked as though it had been cut by a Stanley knife.

These walking pin cushions use their prickly "hairs" to impale any animal that may pose a threat to their well-being.

I touched Gibarian's cheek; it was like touching a block of petrified wood, bristling with black prickly hairs.

It is covered in tiny prickly hairs which help it climb and hang.

This annual herb grows up to half a meter tall, its stem coated in stiff prickly hairs.

It has milky latex and stiff prickly glandular-based hairs.