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@annasinthewalls submitted: This beautiful moth was on my glass door this morning 🥰🤍 {central CT for ID}

What a fuzzy little angel of a tiger moth! Looks like either a Virginian tiger moth or one of the others in the same genus, Spilosoma.

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Tiger Moth (Genus Spilosoma), larva, taken September 3, 2025, in Georgia, US

A fat, fuzzy, and happy caterpillar perched on an ironweed leaf! The long hairs of many caterpillars make it hard for them to be swallowed by birds, requiring them to develop special anatomy or behaviors to keep the caterpillar from getting stuck in their throat. Despite this, tons of birds specialize in eating caterpillars such as the Yellow-billed Cuckoo which prefers to feed on tent caterpillars, most of which are very fuzzy. In nature, if there's a will, there's a way!

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White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) and mite // MacroLab3D

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I MADE BUSINESS CARD ART IN 3 DAYS EVERYONE CONGRATULATE ME RIGHT NOW

here's the still pretty but less interesting text side. this is really making me think i need to get onto commission sheets lmao (oh ya the cards are for an event!!)

Look at this new-to-me caterpillar!! Found on a black cherry :)

update: It's a dubious tiger moth caterpillar! This is the first time it's been observed in Georgia on iNaturalist, and there's only 257 observations total!!!

[ID: A cropped, close up photograph of a caterpillar sitting on a tree stem. Its body is motled black, with vibrant yellow-orange stripes, and covered in tufts of spiky hairs. End ID.]