I'm scrolling through images on bugguide.net but thought I'd ask if anyone recognizes this guy:


I'd noticed something was munching down on that spearmint plant a few days ago and just saw this being in action today. (It's welcome to the mint leaves; doubt it will kill the plant!)

It could be Spilosoma virginica, it reminds me of one we have which is also a Spilosoma sp.

http://www.fnanaturesearch.org...

http://www.silkmoths.bizland.c...

Thanks, Janet. What I'm seeing is black and orange bands, and the orange bands have the "hair". Sadly, I can't get the pictures in the first link you sent to open so I can see them. (Overworked aged computer.) The second link is a 404 file not found.

I'm going to google the names from the first site and look for more pictures.

LOL! Not going to try to edit that darn post again! But the links both work; however, the embedded links in the one are broken. But I can still google up the names, which I will do.

I think you have it, in fact. That Yellow Bear Spilosoma virginica -- we do have that pretty white moth here, I saw several back in the summer.

This picture (from googling that name) is closer than any of the others I've seen:
*I removed the picture for copyright reasons since I couldn't find a way to credit it.*

And the moth would be the Virginia Tiger Moth. They really are pretty creatures.

Thanks much, Janet, once again!

The links are both still working for me Kyla.

You're welcome.