They’re eating plants about to defoliate anyway,” he says. Woolly bears, members of the tiger moth family native to Eastern North America, are conspicuous around the time of the first frost.

NC Animal Kingdom: Honeybees The caterpillar, a type of woolly bear, was actually the pre-pupae form of the giant leopard moth. The giant leopard moth is the biggest moth we get over here on the ...

Isabella tiger moths are found throughout the U.S., though not in Hawaii and Alaska. Even though the woolly bear caterpillar ...