tiger moths
Woolly bear adults
Tiger moths are a family of moths typically marked with bold stripes, spots, or bright warning colors.
Many species are toxic or foul-tasting to predators, which their conspicuous patterns advertise.
Their caterpillars, often called woolly bears, are densely covered in hair: A tiger moth landed on the porch light.
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- matingsActs of breeding
wings · sound production · chemical defense · invertebrate · insects · warning signals · lepidoptera · woolly bears · arthropod · metamorphosis · wing patterns · mimicry · life cycle · host plants · silk cocoons · larval host plants · instar · chipmunks
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- Lepidopterabutterflies, monarch, cocoons, chrysalis, swallowtail
- mothshawkmoth, brocades, underwing, underwings