Identify this creature
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SpookyShoe
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Identify this creature
This was on the side of the house. It has a white furry looking head.
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Donna, zone 9, El Lago, Texas
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karstopography
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Salt marsh moth.
Their caterpillars have been super abundant this year.
Salt marsh moth.
Their caterpillars have been super abundant this year.
Zone 9b, located in the Columbia bottomlands, annual rainfall 46”
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PlainJane
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It’s very exotic looking!
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bower
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A very pretty moth!
I wouldn't trust them in the garden though. 'wide range of broadleafed plants' and reports of damaging gardens or farms when in high numbers.
Wooly bear types were voracious on my peas last year, too many!
I wouldn't trust them in the garden though. 'wide range of broadleafed plants' and reports of damaging gardens or farms when in high numbers.
Wooly bear types were voracious on my peas last year, too many!
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm
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Shule
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It looks like a moth in the Spilosoma genus.
It looks like the salt marsh moths karstopography mentioned earlier in the thread, too. They're both in the same subfamily.
karstopography is probably right, though. The salt marsh moths look like they have striped legs.
We used to get moths like these on our posts in the morning a lot when we had a Bug Zapper out in the 1980s or so. I loved the moths. I haven't seen them in many years. It's good to know they're thriving somewhere.
It looks like the salt marsh moths karstopography mentioned earlier in the thread, too. They're both in the same subfamily.
karstopography is probably right, though. The salt marsh moths look like they have striped legs.
We used to get moths like these on our posts in the morning a lot when we had a Bug Zapper out in the 1980s or so. I loved the moths. I haven't seen them in many years. It's good to know they're thriving somewhere.
Location: SW Idaho, USA
Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
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karstopography
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@SpookyShoe and myself are both very close to salt marsh environments.
There have been lots of these caterpillars around this year.
There have been lots of these caterpillars around this year.
Zone 9b, located in the Columbia bottomlands, annual rainfall 46”