Virginia Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Description:

The caterpillar varies in color, but is typically consistent in its coloration in a single specimen, without odd tufts of different-colored hair or separately colored heads.

Habitat:

Widespread throughout most of North America. It has a diet of a wide range of low-growing plants, including ground cover like grass and clover. This one was feeding on one of the species of goosefoot at the edge of a farm pond near Waynesboro (Burke County), GA.

Notes:

Another common name is Yellow Woolybear Moth Caterpillar. Mature caterpillars observed from May through November. This spotting is a BAMONA Record for the species for Burke County, GA.