Many of the #erminemoths look similar, but the bird-cherry ermine has noticeably more black spots on the forewing, in five rows.

Tree completely defoliated and covered in ermine moth caterpillar webs, sun shining through from behind

Closeup of a bird-cherry ermine moth caterpillar on silk webbing between tree leaves

An adult bird-cherry ermine moth perched on a knuckle, seen sideways

An adult bird-cherry ermine moth perched on a knuckle, seen face-on

My, haven’t they grown! Just last month you saw the spooktacularly web-strewn tree and the hungry caterpillars, now our bird-cherry #erminemoths are all grown up. And there’s hundreds of them! @wildlifebcn.org #moths

Buff ermine, Spilosoma luteum, is one of the three species of Ermine moths, and maybe the most handsome, according to me. Or what do you say?

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Orange, white & black sixties-print moth.

Ailanthus webworm (Atteva aurea)

July in Chicago

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