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If your morning walk or coffee on the front porch has turned into a dance around red-headed, hairy caterpillars lately, you’re not alone. The white-marked tussock moth caterpillars are back once ...
The oak processionary moth caterpillar is easy to identify because of its long black stripe down the back of their yellowish white body covered in gray hairs. “The caterpillar's hairs contain ...
The fir tussock moth - orange-colored spots along the back and sides The white-marked tussock moth - Lighter body color and yellow spots The definite tussock moth - yellow or tan head to go with ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Its name is just as impressive as it's look – the White Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar ... and she screamed bloody murder. The fuzzy stuff on her face were the spikes ...
Prince Edward Island social media feeds have been filling up recently with pictures of the hickory tussock moth caterpillar ... the hickory tussock could be a problem is its bright white colouring and ...
There are several different types of tussock moth caterpillars around the country and in South Carolina; however, the ones found here in the Lowcountry are called white-marked tussock moths ...
Forest entomologist with the Department of Conservation in Maine, Charlene Donahue tells us about the Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar that is making itself known in the state of Maine.
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 ...
The white-marked tussock moth caterpillars are back once again, and they’re making themselves at home on porches, patios, palmettos and live oak trees across the Lowcountry. While these fuzzy ...
A live oak tussock moth caterpillar, captured at Mitchelville Freedom Park on Hilton Head Island.