ARCTIIDAE
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths, which usually have bright colours, footmen, lichen moths and wasp moths. Many species have 'hairy' caterpillars which are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name refers to this . Caterpillars may also go by the name 'tussock moths' .The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Arctiidae
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