 This internal bleeding spreads through the internal organs and eventually leads to compression and brain death.This accounts for the minimum of 500 deaths resulting from contact with "L. obliqua" caterpillars.The poison only takes effect in fairly large amounts; in order to experience the extreme effects caused by the toxins, a human victim would probably need to be stung at least 20 to 100 times because each sting only injects a minute amount of venom.