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Wooly Bear

red and black fuzzy caterpillar

Wooly Bear caterpillar, Mount Loretto Unique Area, 2006-10-21

There were numerous Wooly Bear caterpillars all over Mount Loretto today. If not eaten or stepped on first, these will eventually turn into Isabella Tiger Moths (Pyrrharctia isabella)

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7 Responses to “Wooly Bear”

  1. mariya Says:
    August 17th, 2007 at 8:38 AM

    are they poisonus? Caus eI aciidently squased one and this green stuff come out

  2. kayla Says:
    March 15th, 2009 at 6:39 PM

    Hey, what r these fuzzy catipeeler’s called thanxs alot!!!

  3. kayla Says:
    March 15th, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    no, they r not poisonus!!!!!!!!

  4. michele wollett Says:
    October 1st, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    Since this is a wooly bear catterpillar that turns into an isabella tiger moth,I’m gonna call my grandaughter my little wooly bear.( being that her name is isabella)

  5. Bloom Says:
    October 1st, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    What do wooly bears eat?

  6. Tyler Says:
    October 21st, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    What types of leaf do wooly bear caterpillars eat?

  7. shelbie Says:
    October 19th, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    are these guys poisonus?

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