{"id":17495,"date":"2026-10-21T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=17495"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:43:40","slug":"virginian-tiger-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/virginian-tiger-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginian Tiger Moth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The star of today\u2019s show is the Virginian Tiger Moth (probably), not to be confused with the considerably-more-decorative Virgin Tiger Moth (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/246414\/bgimage\">Grammia virgo<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiger moths are in a tribe called Arctiini (Tiger moths) in a subfamily called Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen moths) (formerly its own family), in the family Erebidae.\u00a0<em>Arctia<\/em> comes from a Greek word meaning \u201cbear,\u201d a reference to the fuzzy Tiger moth caterpillars, many of which are called wooly bears: (<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/wooly-bear-caterpillar-re-do\/\">Wooly Bears Bug of the Week Archive<\/a>). There are more than 11,000 diverse species in the subfamily, and all have, on their metathorax (the third\/back segment of the thorax) a tymbal organ \u2013 an organ that produces ultrasonic sound via vibrations.\u00a0Because they make sound, it makes sense that they also have tympanal organs that allow them to hear it.\u00a0They generate sound in courtship and for defense, including using vibrations to confuse bat echolocation. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The larvae of many Arctiinae are avoided by predators because the larvae feed on plants that produce noxious\/distasteful chemicals (in order, of course, to avoid being fed upon), but caterpillars of some species can produce their own chemicals independently.\u00a0Wikipedia says that they \u201c<em>may retain them in the adult stage, but adults can acquire them, too, by regurgitating decomposing plants containing the compounds and sucking up the fluid.\u00a0Adults can transfer the defenses to their eggs, and males sometimes transfer them to females to help with defense of the eggs<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while many are drab, other species in the tribe Arctiini make us rethink our preconceptions about little gray moths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/894307\/bgpage\">Haploa Sp.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1936450\/bgimage\">Tyria jacobaeae<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/144403\/bgimage\">Faithful Beauty &#8211; <em>Composia fidelissima<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6266\/bgimage\">Faithful Beauty &#8211; <em>Composia fidelissima<\/em> (caterpillar)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/839027\/bgpage\">Moth &#8211; <em>Bertholdia trigona<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1945024\/bgimage\">Pennsylvania Moth &#8211; <em>Hypercompe scribonia<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/925858\/bgpage\">Lerina incarnata<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/671850\/bgimage\">Pseudosphex leovazquezae<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2026\/10\/moth-va-tiger24-3rz-300x215.webp\" alt=\"Virginian Tiger Moth Catepillar on leaf\" class=\"wp-image-17497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2026\/10\/moth-va-tiger24-3rz-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2026\/10\/moth-va-tiger24-3rz.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Virginian Tiger Moth Catepillar <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIRGINIAN\/VIRGINIA TIGER MOTHS (<em>Spilosoma<\/em> <em>virginica<\/em>) are one of the species that have different names in different life stages \u2013 their caterpillars are called Yellow Woolybears and Yellow Bears. With the exception of just a few western Great Plains states, they\u2019re found across North America from coast to coast and from northern Canada to the Rio Grande.\u00a0Like many other Tiger moths, they are successful because their caterpillars are catholic in their food choices, which means that they might be seen in gardens, yards, roadways, woodlands, and fields, wherever their food\/host plants grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They eat many kinds of plants, both woody and herbaceous, that grow low to the ground \u2013 grasses, clovers, milkweed, dandelion, plantain, honeysuckle, cherry, and some agricultural crops. Adults sip nectar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, they\u2019re not flashy, but an inch-long Virginian Tiger moth with its 1 \u00bd\u201d wingspan is a perfect fluffy, snow white teddy bear of the Tiger moth family.\u00a0Snow white except for its colorful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1797426\/bgimage\">front femurs<\/a>, its black-wrapped tibiae and tarsi (\u201clower legs\u201d and \u201cfeet\u201d), and the gaudy decorations on its abdomen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2155330\/bgimage\">beneath its wings<\/a>, which it displays when it\u2019s alarmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caterpillars, which can be found from spring through fall, vary in color from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2485639\/bgimage\">cream<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2412022\/bgimage\">rust<\/a> (which some suggest may be a function of age), and they\u2019re covered with soft hairs \u2013 some exceedingly long &#8211; that are not venomous but that may affect sensitive individuals.\u00a0Female caterpillars and moths are a bit bigger than their male counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a young moth\u2019s fancy turns to love, she releases a pheromone that the male tracks using his feathery, sensory antennae.\u00a0Females lay eggs in groups of 20 to 100 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/696078\">undersides<\/a> of a host plant\u2019s leaves, and the newly-hatched caterpillars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1596867\/bgimage\">skeletonize<\/a> leaves together for a while before going their separate ways.\u00a0There are two generations each year, and although most sources say that the fall generation overwinters as larvae, emerges in spring to feed briefly, and then completes its metamorphosis; one source, the very-knowledgeable David L. Wagner, states in Caterpillars of Eastern North America that they overwinter as pupae.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Caveat emptor.\u00a0The UWM Field Station website is the home of the &#8216;Bug of the Week&#8217; archives (thanks again, folks!). A few years ago, the BugLady included a brief account of the Yellow Woolybear caterpillar in an End of Summer wrap-up episode.\u00a0When she began her recent Virginian Tiger moth research, this AI response\/overview popped up: \u201c<em>The UWM Field Station (located in Saukville, WI) features extensive records and research on the Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica), a common white tiger moth whose larval stage is widely known as the yellow woolly bear caterpillar<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0It doesn\u2019t.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, BugFans, The star of today\u2019s show is the Virginian Tiger Moth (probably), not to be confused with the considerably-more-decorative Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo). 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