The Ridgway Record cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in an article about white hickory tussock moth caterpillars. The article dispelled internet rumors that the caterpillar is poisonous, when it actually is not. The hickory tussock moth is widespread throughout the northeastern and north central United States and parts of Canada, according read more Extension fact sheet cited in Ridgway Record article about tussock moth caterpillars