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  2. Pyrrharctia isabella - Wikipedia

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    Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and southern Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first formally named by James Edward Smith in 1797.

  3. Pyrrharctia - Wikipedia

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    Pyrrharctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Packard in 1864. The species are known from North and Central America. The species are known from North and Central America. [ 1 ]

  4. Arctiinae - Wikipedia

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    Banded woolly bear, Pyrrharctia isabella. Many species retain distasteful or poisonous chemicals acquired from their host plants. [8] Some species also have the ability to make their own defenses. [9] Common defenses include cardiac glycosides (or cardenolides), pyrrolizidine alkaloids, pyrazines, and histamines. [8]

  5. Woolly bear - Wikipedia

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    The hairy caterpillar of the banded woolly bear (Pyrrharctia isabella) The hairy caterpillar of the Arctic woolly bear moth (Gynaephora groenlandica) The hairy caterpillar of the spotted tussock moth (Lophocampa maculata) The larva of the varied carpet beetle; An episode of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends; A type of thermal undersuit worn ...

  6. Insect winter ecology - Wikipedia

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    Examples of freeze tolerant insects include: the woolly bear, Pyrrharctia isabella; [29] the flightless midge, Belgica antarctica; [30] the alpine tree weta, Hemideina maori; [31] and the alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. [32]

  7. List of moths of North America (MONA 7649–8321) - Wikipedia

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    8129 – Pyrrharctia isabella, Isabella tiger moth; 8130 – Seirarctia echo, echo moth; 8131 – Estigmene acrea, salt marsh moth; 8132 – Estigmene albida; 8133 – Spilosoma latipennis, pink-legged tiger moth; 8134 – Spilosoma congrua, agreeable tiger moth; 8135 – Spilosoma vestalis, Vestal tiger moth; 8136 – Spilosoma dubia, dubious ...

  8. File:Pyrrharctia isabella – Isabella Tiger Moth (14842796231).jpg

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  9. Insect pheromones - Wikipedia

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    Females of the Arctiinae Pyrrharctia isabella emit an aerosol consisting exclusively of sex pheromone droplets. The amount of pheromone released in this process is much greater than in other known female moths.