tiger moth
noun
: any of a family (Arctiidae) of stout-bodied moths usually with broad striped or spotted wings
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Also, there are about 260 species of tiger moths (the adult of the woolly bear caterpillar) in North America, according to the NWS, and each species has slightly different color patterns and hair coverings.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
And because tiger moths are toxic to bats, that left Gough with a hypothesis.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 May 2024
Head to the Valley of the Butterflies, a gorgeous forest full of streams and trodden paths, where tiger moths mature in July and August.
—Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
Himmelman says that woolly bears (those fuzzy black and brown caterpillars) and other tiger moth caterpillars spend winter in leaf debris.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
If a predator does attack, the wood tiger moth may ooze liquids from two parts of its body.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
That's how the expression would go if a wood tiger moth coined it, anyway.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
The scientists still don't know how the wood tiger moth makes both of these fluids.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
And because tiger moths are toxic to bats, that left Gough with a hypothesis.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 May 2024
Head to the Valley of the Butterflies, a gorgeous forest full of streams and trodden paths, where tiger moths mature in July and August.
—Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
Himmelman says that woolly bears (those fuzzy black and brown caterpillars) and other tiger moth caterpillars spend winter in leaf debris.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
If a predator does attack, the wood tiger moth may ooze liquids from two parts of its body.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
That's how the expression would go if a wood tiger moth coined it, anyway.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
The scientists still don't know how the wood tiger moth makes both of these fluids.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
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“Tiger moth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiger%20moth. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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