Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Yellow woolly bear

Spilosoma virginica

Description:

orange, densely hairy, about 3 cm in length

Habitat:

spotted on a milkweed leaf in a garden at Oregon Ridge Nature Center

Notes:

As an adult, it is known as the Virginia tiger moth.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 10 years ago

Thanks for the input, Jellis!

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Could still be the same as the other one I mentioned. If you look at the link they come in 3 colors.

Bernadette S
Spotted by
Bernadette S

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2013
Submitted on Sep 24, 2013

Related Spottings

Spilosoma sp Spilosoma lubricipeda Yellow Bear yellow bear

Nearby Spottings

monarch Dog day cicada Monarch praying mantis
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team