---
title: "Isabella Tiger Moth"
description: "Pyrrharctia isabella — Insecten en spinnen. Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and throughout Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/isabella-tiger-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Isabella Tiger Moth

> Pyrrharctia isabella — Insecten en spinnen. Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and throughout Canada.

- Scientific name: *Pyrrharctia isabella*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 104368
- Wikidata: [Q1957464](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1957464)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59675](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59675)

## Names

- en: Isabella Tiger Moth
- es: Polilla Tigre Isabella
- fr: Isia isabelle

## Countries with the most observations

US (75601), CA (24723), PM (35), MX (26)

## Summary

Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States and throughout Canada. It was first formally named by James Edward Smith in 1797.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella

## Photo

![Isabella Tiger Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/isabella-tiger-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128898510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/isabella-tiger-moth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).