Comments on: Grammia Tiger Moth Caterpillar

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:33:54 +0000

Jeremy: Thanks for the comment. All the pictures of giant leopard moth caterpillars on BugGuide show them having rather prominent orange bands between their body segments, though, so I don't think that's it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:26:12 +0000

I believe it could be a “Giant Leopard Moth ” – Ecpantheria scribonia -check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Leopard_Moth

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:55:58 +0000

No updates on that particular one, we let it go after getting the pictures. We’ve seen a few more from time to time since then, so they’re fairly common here.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:04:24 +0000

This cutie looks alot like one I found at camp once.

I love these things. So any updates on the fellow?

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:57:34 +0000

Eliza: A lot of the furry caterpillars have hairs that are at least irritating to the skin, so it is a good idea not to handle them too much. Up here in Michigan, we can afford to be a bit careless because none of the local species are really toxic, but I understand that some of the southern species (particularly the "puss caterpillars") are downright venomous. Still, it's not as if they are going to attack you like a wasp might, so keeping one should be OK as long as you don't pet it.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:09:30 +0000

I dont know if the caterpillar I found was a Tiger Moth. It looks like one, but then a saw a picture of one that looked just like it and it said it was poisonous… I’m not going to touch it just in case it kills me and I die (if that makes any sense). So, I guess I’ll go feed it grass and hope for the best! This was from the prospective of a curious 13 yr old.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:32:05 +0000

i found on on my white birtch tree

By: Jo MYnott

Jo MYnott — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:23:25 +0000

13.6.09, 1030am. I saw two tiger moth caterpillars this morning on Gwithian Towans in Cornwall. One was trying to climb up the sandy slopes and falling down when the going was too steep. The air temperature was about 20C, no wind and sun most of the time. Would the sandy towans have been his natural habitat? .

By: Marcie

Marcie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:11:35 +0000

We found the black and orange “wooly bear” in our garden April 5 2009 after a winter with 5 feet of snow in the garden. We brought him indoors and hope to see him through to moth stage. I home school, so this is a bit of a project for the kids, trying to recreate his natural habitat in a 2.5 gallon tank with screened lid.

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:14 +0000

The “tiger moth” family is pretty large, and some of them do look more like butterflies than moths. This particular one would grow up to look like a moth, though. According to what information I’ve been able to find, the caterpillars eat grass, although I expect that they like green, growing grass better than dry grass.

By: Hailey

Hailey — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:30:24 +0000

My friend found one of these caterpillars. Well at least it looks like it. We are not sure what kind of tiger moth it is, but she is under the impression that it will turn into a butterfly. Just wondering, is the tiger moth ACTUALLY a moth, because in the pictures i found, it looks like a butterfly. Also, what do tiger moth caterpillars eat?!?!?

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:15:20 +0000

Cool! If you get it to mature into a moth, could you let us know how it comes out?

By: Kevin !

Kevin ! — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:27:58 +0000

I found one in my yard after watering it. It was living under my sidewalk part of it in a large dark hole. I’m thinking of keeping it in a box or something and I was looking for what it eats. So like this web says i’m going to feed it like grass.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:54:38 +0000

I just found one of these today out in my yard…he also is all black, although this guy has no brown on him. He is very hairy, and also has curled up into a ball. I found him today December 27, 2008. In Virginia where the weather has been up and down. Freezing just a few days ago, and 60 degrees Farenheit today.

By: Drhoz!

Drhoz! — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:24:17 +0000

overwinters twice? cool!