They can live on trees but may also overwinter in places such as a woodshed. Since they eat a wide variety of plant life, you may see them in a variety of places.
a wooly bear catterpillar is probably what you are trying to identify...
Frogs are the enemies of wooly bear caterpillars.
We cannot be sure, but beside us right now is an orange and black, banded, wooly caterpillar that we are pretty sure is a wooly bear caterpillar.
Wooly bear caterpillars have orange fuzz and a black body. The orange fuzz on a wooly bear caterpillar actually keeps the caterpillar warm in colder climates.
There are some types of wasps that lay their eggs inside live caterpillars. When the eggs hatch the larvae eat their way out.
when a wooly worm caterpillar's black bands are under than the brown one, what weather does this predict?
A wooly bear Caterpillar turns into a tiger moth, usually found on the road or in the grass around winter. The bigger the orange strip the closer winter is. Woolly bear caterpillars are found in north America and Mexico but not Canada, it's to cold there.
Some wooly caterpillars can sting. But the commonly found wooly bear (aka banded woolly bear, the black-brown-black caterpillar) doesn't have poison structures, as such. However, the hairs may irritate skin. So, it would be more like a allergic skin reaction.
There are different kinds of caterpillars in Iowa that eat grass. Some of the common ones include hop vine borers and the wooly bear caterpillars among others.
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Wooly Bear caterpillars will eat a wide variety of plants. Some of those plants are grass, milkweed, clover, and cabbage.
A Wooly Bear Caterpillar, which will form into a Isabella Tiger Moth!