How to identify it?
Larva
Larva fully setose. Seta color may vary among different individuals, with light yellow, reddish-brown, and even multi-color mixed.
Adult
A pair of grey plumose antennae. Head, thorax, legs all densely white hairy. Forewing with several black spots. 3 pairs of legs, leg white, black-patterned.
Ventral
Dorsal abdomen yellow, with continuous patterns made of white and black hairs.
Photo By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Moths and butterflies Family
Tiger moths Genus
Spilosoma Species
Virginian Tiger Moth 
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