The giant leopard moth or eyed tiger moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae. They are distributed through North America from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States through New England, Mexico and down to Panama.
Great Leopard Moth Caterpillar
![Caterpillar of the great leopard moth.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9261fae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x669+0+0/resize/880x491!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F201803%2FGreatLeopardMothCaterpillar.jpg)
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