Posted on April 24, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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Category: #RandomActOfNaturalism, Education, VideoTags: #RandomActOfNaturalism, biology, caterpillar, earth, Education, environment, insect, isabella tiger moth, life, moth, naturalism, Pyrrharctia isabella, Video, wooly bear
Posted on April 12, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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Species: Malacosoma disstria Chrissy Bowker of Texas asks, “What’s this animal?” The caterpillar in the picture above is none other than the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria. They are commonplace in the eastern regions of US and Canada. Down in Texas, populations are sure…
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Category: Education, ID Help, Insects, Insects and Arachnids, WTFFTags: blue, brown moth, caterpillar, defoliate, east, eastern tent caterpillar, forest, forest tent, forest tent caterpillar, moth, nest, pest, silk, spotted, web
Posted on April 5, 2017
by Devon Bowker
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That’s the Spotted Apatelodes, Apatelodes torrefacta, a beautiful moth of the Bombycidae (Silkworm Moths) family which is commonly mistaken for the somewhat similar looking Sphinx Moth.
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Category: Education, ID Help, Insects, Insects and Arachnids, WTFFTags: apatelodes, bombycidae, ID Help, identification, insect, Insects, moth, silkworm, sphynx moth, Spotted Apatelodes, texas, torrefacta
