Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)

Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Arctiidae (ark-TYE-ih-dee) (Info) Genus: Pyrrharctia Species: isabella Profile: 5 positives No neutrals No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Ferndale, Maryland Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland Dearborn Heights, Michigan Minneapolis, Minnesota Cole Camp, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Yardville-groveville, New Jersey East Kingston, New York Concord, North Carolina Glouster, Ohio East Norriton, Pennsylvania Kalama, Washington Poulsbo, Washington Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive DiOhio On Jan 25, 2007, DiOhio from Corning, OH (Zone 6a) wrote: Host Plants: (for larva Woolly Bear) is many plants including asters, birches, clover, corn, elms, maples, and sunflowers. For the larva (Woolly Bear) colors change as the caterpillar molts to successive instars becoming less black and more reddish as they age, thus differences in color merely reflects age differences among larvae as they prepare to overwinter and are NOT a reliable indicator of the severity of the winter to come. Larvae overwinter and come out on warm winter days. It is very difficult to rear these guys in captivity because of that reason. Positive tillysrat On Jul 24, 2007, tillysrat from Poulsbo, WA (Zone 8a) wrote: I found a cluster of eggs on my buddia on June 10 2007 On June 21 2007 they have hatch. I have been searching to find what they where. There are not any photos of the eggs. which made it hard to find, now that they are larger I findly could ID them. I will keep them until they turn to the next cycle the "moth" Positive Malus2006 On Oct 24, 2008, Malus2006 from Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) wrote: Tend to be active in early to late fall - very noticeable. Bands on the caterpillars had nothing to do with winter. Very active, moving large distances from one area to the next, searching. I found one on the downstair deck and let it outside this year and then later found one (same or different?) coiled up on the tip of a blazing star (Liatris) then another day found one in the Cannas. Positive themikeman On Nov 2, 2010, themikeman from Concord, NC (Zone 7a) wrote: I used to reliably see these Isabella Tiger Moth Larvae [Wooly Bear Catepillars] every fall as a kid in the Catskill Mtns of Upstate New York; i have lived in North Carolina now for over 15 years and you dont see as many on these here, but i saw one this year in my driveway, that was almost all brown as the amount of black stripping on him was so scarce and almost none existant, this leads me to believe, that as the commenter below states, that these are not always an accurate predictor of weather as the folklore goes, since it is already one of the coldest Falls and probably going to be the coldest winter here in NC as well on record, which means that this almost all brown one i saw should have been almost all black instead, to lend any kind of creedance to the validity of this folklore..although i still like to believe it as a kid at heart..peace..mike Positive DaylilySLP On Jan 23, 2011, DaylilySLP from Dearborn Heights, MI (Zone 6a) wrote: They are so cute and fuzzy, I didn't want to let him go.

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