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Woolly Bears and their Kin
of the New England Region
Family: Erebidae
(tigers, tussocks, underwings, fruit piercers, litter moths)
Subfamily: Arctiinae
(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)
Tribe: Arctiini
(tiger moths and the tiger moth tussocks)
Subtribe: Spilosomina
(woolly bears and white tigers)
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Presented by Sam Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab.
The following resources were used in the creation of these galleries:
• Samuel Jaffe original photographs and associated Life History Notes.
• David Wagner accounts from "The Caterpillars of Eastern North America"
• Moth Photographer's Group range maps
Anchor 1
Pyrrharctia isabella
Isabella Tiger Moth • Woollybear
Anchor 2
Estigmene acrea
Salt Marsh Tiger Moth
Anchor 3
Spilosoma virginica
Virginia Tiger Moth • Yellow Bear
Anchor 4
Spilosoma congrua
Agreeable Tiger Moth
Anchor 5
Hyphantria cunea
Fall Webworm
Anchor 6
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Ruby Tiger Moth
Anchor 7
Phragmatobia assimilans
Large Ruby Tiger Moth
Anchor 8
Hypercompe scribonia
Giant Leopard Moth
Other New England Spilosomina species not yet represented here
• Spilosoma latipennis (the Pink-legged Tiger)
• Spilosoma dubia (the Dubious Tiger)
• Phragmatobia lineata (Lined Ruby Tiger)
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