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Like most people, we encourage milkweed growth for the endangered monarch butterflies. A milkweed tussock moth caterpillar feasting on a milkweed plant, displaying their distinctive black ...
In the mountains of Northern New Mexico, more than wildflowers are beginning to bloom: Douglas fir tussock moths are now in ...
“This is a classic ‘warm winter’ pattern for Alaska and similar to the mid-atmosphere ... the trail varied between ice highways and unrideable tussock nightmares. Overall, the bikers made ...
She works in the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility at the University ... That meant the increase of cottongrass and other tussock tundra plants — favored by few mammals — and mosquitoes, favored ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. — These fuzzy, little creatures aren't as cuddly as they look. They're called tussock moth caterpillars, and they'll likely leave you with a painful, stringing rash. Clearwater ...
It's practically raining tussock moth caterpillars all over north and central Florida. They're falling out of the sky and onto everything else. Whether they're covering someone's tire or crowding ...
The white-marked tussock moth caterpillars are back once again, and they’re making themselves at home on porches, patios, palmettos and live oak trees across the Lowcountry. While these fuzzy ...
The Tussock moth caterpillars, a type of insect which has spiky hairs that can cause irritation, are back in season as they have made an abundant return throughout the state, according to CBS ...
Is that tiny piece of fuzz moving? Floridians, brace yourself — it's the return of the tussock moth caterpillar. These hairy critters are lurking around common outdoor hangouts, such as local ...
Press releases from the Cibola and Santa Fe national forests say the culprit is most likely the Douglas-fir tussock moth. The release states that defoliation happens within mixed conifer stands ...