Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1065754

Banded Tussock Moth or Pale Tiger Moth
Halysidota tessellaris

Observation date: September 16, 2015
Submitted by: Stephen Ambrose
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: whenever you touch it it rolls into a ball like in pic #2 but when you aren't around it elongates like in pic #1 it has a spherical black head and has black hairs longer than the rest of its hair it also poops in a kinda hexagon formation - wtf is it
Status: Resident
Verified by: lisald100
Verified date: September 19, 2015
Coordinator notes: None.