Tiger Moth

Swizerland 1954Czechoslovakia 1966Swizerland 1955Lebanon 1965
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
(Arctiidae)		 Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia villica
(Arctiidae)		 Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia flavia
(Arctiidae)		 Tiger Moth
Pericallia matronula
(Arctiidae)
Czechoslovakia 1966Afganistan 1971Romania 1969
Scarlet Tiger Moth
Callimorpha dominula
(Arctiidae)		 Tiger Moth
Callimorpha principalis
(Arctiidae)		 Tiger Moth
Callimorpha quadripunctaria
(Arctiidae)
Britishi Fiji Is. 1968Hungary 1959Suriname 1972
Tiger Moth
Asota woodfordi
(Arctiidae)		 Tiger Moth
Ammobiota festiva
(Arctiidae)		 Bicolored Tiger Moth
Eucyana bicolor
(Arctiidae)
Romania 1964Madagascar 1960Malawi 1970
Ermine Moth
Rhypariodes metelkana
(Arctiidae)		 Malgache White Tiger Moth
Chionaema pauliani
(Arctiidae)		 Tiger Moth
Teracotona euprepia
(Arctiidae)
Mozambique 1953Mozambique 1953Mozambique 1953NewZealand 1970
Thelwall's Tiger Moth
Amphicallia thelwalli
(Arctiidae)		 Laterite Matron
Metarctia lateritia
(Arctiidae)		 White Tiger Moth
Nyctemera leuconoe
(Arctiidae)		 Magpie Moth
Nyctemera annulata
(Arctiidae)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1976Montserrat 1992Marshall Islands 2011
Crimson speckled Moth
Utetheisa pulchella
(Arctiidae)		 Bella Moth
Utetheisa bella
(Arctiidae)		 Magpie Moth
Abraxas grossulariata
(Arctiidae)

The friend of almost all Tiger Moth does massively and is hairy. The conspicuous color which often combined black, red, yellow, and orange is carried out, and it has become the warning to a foreign enemy. The friend of Ermine Moth is white or a light color, and has a small black spot. Eggs are laid to a eating plant top or the surroundings. Many of larvae of the department of Tiger Moth eat the vegetable matter of the large range. The larva of most kinds works at night. A larva is hairy and many kinds have poison for a potato, etc. because of eating the leaf of the plant containing a poisonous substance.
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