(KOIN) — If you’re out and about on the trails this fall, you might run into a fuzzy black and orange fellow inching across your path. The woolly bear caterpillar, also known as the fuzzy bear ...

and woolly bear caterpillars turn into tiger moths, which are orange with black spots. Their fuzzy hairs, called setae, help the caterpillars survive winter, and will wrap around their bodies to ...

On warm fall days, it can be almost impossible to avoid squishing the fuzzy caterpillars ... yellow (they can be reddish or orange, too). There are also all-black caterpillars that are not woolly ...

The giant leopard moth caterpillar has black spikes (which some have described as hairy, fuzzy, spiky, furry or even woolly). It has red or orange bands around its body, which are more easily seen ...

The puss caterpillars loose their venom when they turn into Southern Flannel Moths, so the orange, fuzzy adults are just fine to cross paths with in Austin. For those that do get stung by a puss ...

Asp or puss caterpillars, more formally known ... reddish-brown and orange. Their seemingly fuzzy appearance is an illusion. Instead of a soft exterior, they are covered in long, hair-like spines ...

The puss caterpillar bears a striking resemblance to Cousin Itt from the Addams Family, a fuzzy little bug that ... inch long and is covered in gray and orange hairs, which have venom glands ...

According to the legend, if a season’s woolly bears have larger red-orange bands on them ... And while these fuzzy caterpillars won’t hurt you, it’s also important to remember that you ...

Morphine didn’t even touch the pain.” Experts say the venomous caterpillar – covered in hair-like bristles with an orange streak along its back – is commonly found in oak and elm trees ...

“This year I planted a bunch of milkweed for the migrating monarch butterflies, but there’s some kind of fuzzy orange, black and white caterpillar eating my milkweed. What should I do?” ...

(KOIN) — If you’re out and about on the trails this fall in the Pacific Northwest, you might run into a fuzzy black and orange fellow inching across your path. The woolly bear caterpillar is ...