Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

The several species of fuzzy caterpillars transform into different moths. Salt marsh caterpillars turn into white moths with black spots, and woolly bear caterpillars turn into tiger moths, which ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — In the last couple of months you may have seen these white-looking “woolly” caterpillars inching across lawns or parking lots. Urban myth suggests that these fuzzy ...

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the tussock moth caterpillar is a potentially harmful insect with a hairy and colorful body. They are generally dark bodied with a red head, 2 ...

By the third instar, they become these beautiful little fuzzy tufts of black, orange and white. From the looks of the caterpillar, it would be easy to expect the adult moth to be beautiful, but ...

These fuzzy South Carolina spring critters can give you a rash if you touch them. Here’s where they live and how to identify them.

These little critters are fuzzy, colorful and all over Florida – but don't touch the caterpillars or you'll be in for a bad time. It's practically raining tussock moth caterpillars all over ...

These fuzzy South Carolina spring critters can give you a rash if you touch them. ... White-marked tussock moth caterpillars are about an inch to an inch and a half long.

They're white, they're fuzzy, and maybe you shouldn't touch them Published on Aug. 22, 2024, 4:11 PM Hickory tussock moth caterpillar being seen ‘pretty much tip to tip’ on P.E.I.

An outbreak of fir tussock moth caterpillars have hit north central Florida. Kayakers, swimmers and scuba divers were aware of them as they stepped on them and tried to avoid them Monday morning ...