Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)
Photo#219361
Caterpillar Yellow and Black - Orgyia leucostigma
Copyright © 2008 dsubjoc

Caterpillar Yellow and Black - Orgyia leucostigma
Kenduskeag, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
September 1, 2007
Size: about 1 1/2 to 2 "
If you know what kind of caterpillar this is please e-mail me.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by dsubjoc on 28 August, 2008 - 10:08pm

White-marked Tussock Moth
see info at Orgyia leucostigma and compare below:



First images of this species from Maine - see data map. Welcome to BugGuide!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 28 August, 2008 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Wow- that was fast! Thank you for the ID. This was the first time I had ever seen one. It was on our back porch one day. It was beautiful. We let it be and never saw another.
… dsubjoc, 28 August, 2008 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm moving this image to the guide
click on data map (above) again and Maine should be colored in. I'm moving the second image to Frass since it adds no new information. Look for these again in September - you'll likely see one again now you're tuned in to them. : )
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 28 August, 2008 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact