Download Milkweed Tussock Moth Invasive Images. Sometimes they are called milkweed tiger moths because the larvae are black, white and orange. One reason for all the attention they receive (during late summer and early fall) is that, unfortunately, the hairs on these caterpillars can cause a very itchy rash.
Pin On Native Flora And Fauna from i.pinimg.com One reason for all the attention they receive (during late summer and early fall) is that, unfortunately, the hairs on these caterpillars can cause a very itchy rash. Several consecutive years of such feeding can kill trees entirely. The species was first described by dru drury in 1773.
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Dear ivan, like the monarch butterfly, your milkweed tussock moth caterpillar, euchaetias egle, is a species that is always found in association with milkweed. Tussock caterpillars (erabidae family / previously lymantriidae) were very abundant in maine in 2011 and they were 'itching' for attention! If the larva are disturbed they will usually drop to the ground, so look but don't touch. The ending its life as a larvae is an explosion of colorful tufts of hairs.
