We most commonly see woolly bear caterpillars in the fall ... they must be the larval stage of some kind of moth or butterfly. A few days ago, I spotted a medium-sized, tan-colored moth in ...

Notice that these are all moth caterpillars; butterfly caterpillars are almost ... This species is related to the banded ...

If you've seen one in your Florida yard, you've probably encountered the giant leopard moth caterpillar, also known as the giant woolly bear. What is the black caterpillar with spikes and red bands?

Also, there are about 260 species of tiger moths (the adult of the woolly bear caterpillar) in North America, according to the NWS, and each species has slightly different color patterns and hair ...

Isabella tiger moths are found throughout the U.S., though not in Hawaii and Alaska. Even though the woolly bear caterpillar may give Punxsutawney Phil a run for his money, the best winter ...

The woolly bear caterpillar, one of autumn’s most recognizable crawling critters, might not be the tiny winter weather forecaster that folklore would have us believe. But that doesn’t mean ...

"I think the woolly bear reminds everyone of their childhood," reminisces Tad Yankoski, senior entomologist at the Butterfly ... re actually the caterpillars of a native moth species.

It becomes goo for a while before emerging as a moth.) There’s also an old myth that striped woolly bear caterpillars—a particular species with orange and black stripes—can predict the ...

Around 10 a.m. on the morning of December 29, a large woolly bear caterpillar ... newsletters here The woolly caterpillar is the larval stage of the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella).

After waking from a winter hibernation, the caterpillar will feed through spring, then cocoon and emerge as an Isabella Tiger Moth. Even though the woolly bear caterpillar may give Punxsutawney ...