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White-marked tussock caterpillars can have population outbreaks, in which a local population will rampantly swell. From the subfamily Lymantriinae, this species can easily be distinguished as male ...
Orgyia leucostigma, the white-marked tussock moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae.The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. The caterpillar is very common especially in late summer in eastern North America, extending as far west as Texas, California, and Alberta.
The caterpillar, or larval, stage of these species often has a distinctive appearance of alternating bristles and haired projections. Many tussock moth caterpillars have urticating hairs (often hidden among longer, softer hairs), which can cause painful reactions if they come into contact with skin.
Caterpillars are polyphagous and feed on a wide range of deciduous trees and shrubs, such as birch , Crataegus, lime (Tilia), Prunus, Quercus, Rubus, Salix, Tamarix, Vaccinium, Aeonium haworthii [10] [9] or Delonix regia. In Scotland, the species is almost always found on birch, [6] but has also been recorded damaging Sitka spruce. [11]
Orgyia pseudotsugata, the Douglas-fir tussock moth, is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1921. It is found in western North America. It is found in western North America.
White-marked tussock caterpillars can have population outbreaks, in which a local population will rampantly swell. From the subfamily Lymantriinae, this species can easily be distinguished as male ...
A Lymantria dispar caterpillar. Lymantria dispar, also known as the gypsy moth [1] [2] or the spongy moth, [3] [4] is a species of moth in the family Erebidae native to Europe and Asia. Lymantria dispar is subdivided into several subspecies, with subspecies such as L. d. dispar and L. d. japonica being clearly identifiable without ambiguity.
Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillar numbers have soared in the Santa Fe National Forest, enough for the Forest Service to call it an outbreak and to close two group shelters at Hyde Memorial ...