08-25-2024, 03:02 PM
(08-08-2024, 11:22 AM)Jason and Sera Wrote: I took this last September. I couldn't believe how fast it moved! Is it a Tussock? Sounds as though these moths feed on the pine needles from tip-to-toe??
I just found the same “Spotted Tussock Moth” caterpillar (orange and black, furry) eating leaves of mountain ninebark. I verified it on iNaturalist. It’s not the same species of tussock moth eating the fir trees, which is the “Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth”. Apparently, there are many different types of tussock moths and they are diverse in what the Caterpillars eat, and these furry orange and black guys eat only deciduous trees: Popular, Willow, Alder, Maple