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Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Pyrrharctia isabella

Photo by jbrown
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Field Notes

Description:

These caterpillars can live under leaves and grass.
Basking to warm up,
Leaves, Rocks,and grass
may interact with the increased risk of freezing mortality in a field context.
Lamb's quarters, violets and clovers,dandelions, nettles, sunflower, burdock, yellow and curly docks,wild plants. spinach, cabbage, other greens, asters and garden herbs.
Spins a cocoon, emerges into tiger moth.
It had all around its body, and it was black and red, other caterpillars aren't that color.

Habitat:

These caterpillars can live under leaves and grass.

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PublishedDecember 18, 2018

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