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Wooly Bears are the larval stage of the Isabella Tiger Moth. I have never f= ound this moth. According to the literature. Wooly Bears overwinter as "nea= r adult" caterpillars which=2C I presume=2C means their last instar stage s= o that in May/early June(??)=2C 2015=2C there should be plenty of Isabella = Tiger Moths around. I hope to find one! Angus =20 = --_58fdec67-c829-440e-aaa2-a1b265d91cf9_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>From about October 20 to early N= ovember=2C there were large numbers of Wooly Bears on the move. On our prop= erty without any searching there were 20 or more each day into early Novemb= er when they started to lessen. Surprisingly there was little predation tha= t I could find. Since they seem to prefer to travel across open areas one w= onders how they escape predators. The dead ones had their interiors sucked = out so likely the victims of crab spiders=2C although there are less likely= suspects.<br><br>Wooly Bears are the larval stage of the Isabella Tiger Mo= th. I have never found this moth. According to the literature. Wooly Bears = overwinter as "near adult" caterpillars which=2C I presume=2C means their l= ast instar stage so that in May/early June(??)=2C 2015=2C there should be p= lenty of Isabella Tiger Moths around. I hope to find one!<br>Angus<br><br>&= nbsp=3B<br> </div></body> </html>= --_58fdec67-c829-440e-aaa2-a1b265d91cf9_--
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