Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 207 FlG. 326. The salt-marsh caterpillar (Estigmene acraea}, one of the ' woolly bears ' The tiger-moths (Arctiidae) are well named, for many of them are conspicuously striped or spotted with orange, red, or black. Among the larvae are the well- known hairy ' woolly bears,' which crawl across the walks in late fall and early spring, faithful harbingers of winter and summer. The moths are frequently attracted to lights, when their brilliant colors al- ways command attention. On some of the larvae the hair
Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 207 FlG. 326. The salt-marsh caterpillar (Estigmene acraea}, one of the ' woolly bears ' The tiger-moths (Arctiidae) are well named, for many of them are conspicuously striped or spotted with orange, red, or black. Among the larvae are the well- known hairy ' woolly bears,' which crawl across the walks in late fall and early spring, faithful harbingers of winter and summer. The moths are frequently attracted to lights, when their brilliant colors al- ways command attention. On some of the larvae the hairs are massed into brushes much like those of the tussock-moths, as is the case with the com- mon harlequin milkweed cater- pillar (Cycnia cgle), which is FIG. 327. The hickory tiger-moth (Hale- sidota caryae] and its larva • clothed with tufts of orange, black, and white hairs, and is the most FIG. 328. The common red-and-black .,, .,, caterpillar of the Isabella tiger-moth common caterpillar on the milk- (Pyrrharctia isabella} Weed. Our mOSt Common Species (After comstock) is possibly the Isabella tiger-moth
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