scientific name : Pyrrharctia isabella
common name : Woolly bear (Isabella tiger moth)
information : Familiar, densely hairy black and red-orange caterpillar often seen crossing roads. Setae stiff and roughly of the same length. Coloration as well as widths of orange and black bands vary considerably, with black portions giving way to orange as caterpillar matures. Food: grasses and forbs. Caterpillar: overwinters, September to May, and again in summer; 2 generations.

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