Garden tiger moth

Description: The bright orange or yellow underwings warn predators that this moth is distasteful to eat. This specimen was collected by C. W. Holcroft August 1954 using a mercury vapour lamp.
Accession Loan No.: 53/1976/52
Collection Class: Arthropods
Common Name: garden tiger moth
Simple Name: insect: moth
Full Name: LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE: Arctia caja: garden tiger
Dimensions: width 40 mm
Period Classification: Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
Family Group
Collector / Excavator: Holcroft, Mr C W
Collection Parish: Bishopsteignton
Collection Town: Newton Abbot
Collection County: Devon
Collection Country: United Kingdom: England
Collection Area Region: Northern Europe
Collection Continent: Europe
Phylum: ARTHROPODA
Family: ARCTIIDAE
Genus: Arctia
Species: caja

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