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Fir Tussock Moth

Orgyia detrita

13,973 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 143, February 137, March 258, April 1,254, May 181, June 88, July 79, August 82, September 97, October 103, November 135, December 130.
United States6,884
Texas3,105
South Carolina1,051
Louisiana907
Georgia474
Mississippi224
Alabama110
North Carolina97
Virginia22
New Jersey8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusOrgyia

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