ermine moth

British

noun

Also called: ermine. an arctiid moth of the genus Spilosoma, characterized by dark spots on the light coloured wings, and producing woolly bear caterpillars
an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella

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The webbing has been created by ermine moth caterpillars along a stretch of the A5134 close to Bedford.

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Small ermine moth caterpillars are thought to have formed the large communal web for their own protection.

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Dr Sterling said the number of ermine moth caterpillars "get enormous every now and then" and there would be tens of thousands in the hedge.

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