BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – Residents in Louisiana may see webbing on some of their plants this time of year. Those “webs are made by caterpillars of the fall webworm moth,” according to the LSU ...

Nancy Kent of Radford shares this photo and writes, "An Ailanthus Webworm moth is as colorful as a butterfly or a beetle and flies during the day. This one is enjoying a Cup Plant in Wildwood." ...

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This beautiful little insect is a webworm moth named Ailanthus Moth. It has a flower design on its outer wings. It is native to North America but is now associated with a tree brought to America from ...