More Caterpillars

I'm sure seeing a lot of caterpillars this year at this time.

Zebra caterpillar (Melanchra picta):


Probably considered a garden pest, but I thought the patterning close-up was wonderful to look at.

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Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
No Taxon Moths
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae - Owlet Moths
Subfamily Noctuinae - Cutworm or Dart Moths
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Melanchra
Species picta - Zebra Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#10293

Another caterpillar:


I think the brown and orange one is some kind of tiger moth again?

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Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
No Taxon Moths
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae - Tiger and Lichen Moths
Tribe Arctiini - Tiger Moths

Blogged Previously:
Isabella Tiger Moth (Isia isabella)
Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica)

Yellow Woolly Bear

Possibly a yellow woolly bear.
Wooly, wolly, woolly, woolley, wollybear, yellow bear, lol.
I see different spellings.
Autumn/late summer must be the time for caterpillars.

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Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth
Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius, 1798)

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The black and orange woolly bear that I
posted earlier was an:
Isabella Tiger Moth (Isia isabella)

Woolly Bear Climbing up Jeans

Love the colors.
They are so cute.
"Woolly Bear" - isn't that a wonderful and fitting name for it too.

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Woolly Bear Caterpillar becomes an
Isabella Tiger Moth (Isia isabella)
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larva, adult, cocoon stages image
Link referred to in post is dead. (Dated 9/30/2009.)
2009 Archives here but post no longer exists.
Is it woolly or wooly?

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