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Western Tussock Moth

Orgyia vetusta

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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:

La Jolla, California

Summerfield, Florida

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wildflower55

Summerfield, FL | April 2011 | Negative

the caterpillar of these moths will strip the leaves off plants in no time! Very damaging to the new growth on my flower bulbs.

obatalov

San Diego, CA (Zone 10b) | April 2011 | Neutral

"Larval food plants include deerweed, buckwheat, snowbrush ceanothus, bitterbrush, willow, serviceberry, wild rose, desert peach and bittercherry."

Adult females are flightless. Larvae come in variety of colors and considered pests by some.

Information from http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/lymantriidae/OrgyiaVet...

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