Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of South Carolina, used the words “fuzzy” and “adorable” to describe the southern flannel moth, a common springtime insect in North ...

The banded tussock moth has a wing pattern that looks like a network ... share a similar feature with certain grasshoppers and beetles – hindwings, which are the bottom set of wings behind ...

“They look like toupees,” LoPresti ... As for their habitat, the insects are usually found in trees and forest areas, he added. Flannel moths typically feed on elms, maples, hackberries ...