NC Animal Kingdom: Honeybees The caterpillar, a type of woolly bear, was actually the pre-pupae form of the giant leopard moth. The giant leopard moth is the biggest moth we get over here on the ...

The woolly caterpillar is the larval stage of the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella). Starting in spring, woolly bears metamorphose into the moth stage, mate, lay eggs, and die off.