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[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #74

Garden Tiger Moth / Great Tiger Moth

Arctia caja

From the erebidae family. They have a wingspan of 45-75 mm. They tend to inhabit gardens, damp meadows, fens, riverbanks, sand-dunes and open woodland. It can be found in the US, Canada and Europe. 

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[sitting-on-me-bum]

Garden tiger moth

The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) drapes itself in color to warn potential predators that it makes a nasty snack. This moth is found in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and is part of the large moth family Erebidae, which is known for containing many toxic species.

(Image credit: Sandra Standbridge)

#sandra standbridge #photographer #garden tiger moth #moth #insect #arctia caja #united states #canada #europe #poisonous #erebidae family #nature

[libraryofmoths]

Moth of the Week

Garden Tiger Moth

Arctia caja

The garden tiger moth or great tiger moth is a moth of the family Erebidae. They were first described in 1758 by Charles Linnaeus. The caterpillars are known as “woolly bears.”

Description The forewings of this moth are brown with white patterning. This white pattern can be missing entirely. The hindwings are orange with black dots which also may vary from moth to moth due to chance and artificial reasons. French entomologist Charles Oberthür discovered about 500 different variation in patterns.

The patterns on the moth’s wings warn predators that they are toxic. The toxin in this species in part contains neurotoxic choline esters which interfere with the acetylcholine receptor.

The head is lined with red over dark brown and has white antennae while the thorax is a matching dark brown. The abdomen matches the hindwings with bright orange fur and black stripes.

Wingspan Range: 45 - 65 mm (1.8 to 2.6 in)

Diet and Habitat This species are called generalists, meaning they eat a wide variety of plants. That are known to eat plants in the Digitalis and Plantago genuses. These plants produce pyrrolizidine alkaloids, a common chemical that causes toxicity in moths. Adult moths eat nectar from flowers and have no observed preference.

They range from the northern United States and Canada to Europe and Northern and Central Asia. In Europe, it goes north until Lapland. They prefer cold, temperate climates and are found in the mountains of Tien Shan (up to an elevation of 3,000 m (9,800 ft)), grasslands, sand dunes, meadows, woodland edges, hedgerows, gardens, and forests. Because this species are generalists in diet, they are not confined to one habitat due to host plant locations.

Mating Females lay around 50 eggs on the underside of host plant leaves. Eggs hatch from August to September when the former generation has died. It has been observed that generations do not overlap.

Predators Adult moths use their wing patterns and colors to warn predators that they are inedible. Their diet allows them to gain toxins including neurotoxic choline esters which interfere with the acetylcholine receptor. The full effects of the toxins are not known. The adults are mostly preyed on by birds and bats. Another way the adults protect themselves from bats is to make noise with their wings which interferes with the bats’ behaviors.

However, several species of endoparasitic flies prey on the species as larva. These include: Carcelia gnava, Carcelia lucorum, Carcelia tibialis, Compsilura concinnata, Exorista fasciatax Exorista grandis, Hubneria affinis, Pales pavida, Thelaira leucozona, Thelaira nigripes, and Thelymorpha marmorata.

The larvas’ defense against outside forces is stinging hairs that cause hives and irritation in mammals, including humans. These hairs are not fatal.

Fun Fact The garden tiger moth has been a protected species since 2007 by the Biodiversity Action Plan in the United Kingdom.

(Source: Wikipedia, Butterfly Conservation, Moth Identification)

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#Arctia caja #Erebidae #Lepidoptera #Insecta #Arthropoda #gif

[tikycuki]

me when I autism so hard I can't remember the proper names for moths but i remember their scientific names and if ppl ask me abt it and I use that name they look at me like

#category 7 autism event #autism #oh boy #i got the tism #the tism #moths #moths wowie #arctia caja

[behehemoths]

Garden tiger moth Artcia caja

Caterpillars of the garden tiger moth are known as “wooly bear caterpillars” though they are different from another caterpillar species that are black with a single orange band, which is the Isabella tiger moth caterpillar.

Image credit: illuvis on Pixabay

[image ID: a small fuzzy moth with brown forewings with a white pattern and bright orange hind wings with black spots]

#garden tiger moth #arctia caja #moth #Illuvis #lepidoptera #noctuoidea #erebidae #artiinae #arctia #north america #europe #image free from pixabay #insect

[ayanos-pl]

【庭】クマケムシがいました。

#クマケムシ #ヒトリガ #幼虫 #毛虫 #庭 #garden tiger moth #Arctia caja #larva #larwa #moth #ćma #蛾 #caterpillar #woolly bear #niedźwiedziówka kaja #niedźwiedziówka nożówka #gąsienica #japan #garden #ogródek

[beastspiders]

Niedźwiedziówka kaja (Arctia caja) . . Gąsienica przyłapana na wieczornym spacerku 😀 #BeastSpiders #gąsienica #wakacje #wczasy #strawczynek #niedźwiedziówkakaja #kaja #Arctia #caja #ćma #cma #motyl (at Strawczynek) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfa40O1Mc-E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[slut-jpeg]

tiger moths are so cool

arctia virginalis (the ranchman’s tiger moth)

arctia caja (the garden tiger moth)

apantesis phalerata (harnessed tiger moth)

apantesis nais (the nais tiger moth)

callimorpha dominula (the scarlet tiger moth)

I just think they’re neat!!

#tiger moth #moths #moth #insects #there are more tiger moths I like but I could only add 10 photos at a timr

[erichspringer]

Parnassius apollo (Episode 09)

Hyalophora cecropia (Episode 41)

Unidentified (Episode 42)

Caligula japonica (Episode 47)

Arctia caja (Episode 49)

#naoki urasawa's monster #naoki urasawa #johan liebert #anna liebert #nina fortner #kenzo tenma

[herpsandbirds]

Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja), family Erebidae, near Warsaw, Poland

photograph by Piotr Pucek

#tiger moth #moth #erebidae #arctia #lepidoptera #insect #entomology #europe #animals #nature

[crayonsandclovers]

My fellow moth lovers

I don't know who needs to hear it but

DON'T 👏CATCH👏OR👏TOUCH👏MOTHS👏WITH👏YOUR👏BARE👏HANDS👏

CAUSE I DID

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME MOTHS SECRETE TOXIC SUBSTANCES

AND I FUCKING HELD ONE

WITH MY BARE FUCKING HANDS

THIS FUCKER

It's called Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) for your information

If anyone knows if I should call the emergency for it or if I'll be fine let me know cause I really don't know

#moths #moth help #insects #entomology #entomologists #please help me

[kosaciec]

Arctia caja - Great tiger moth

#art #artists on tumblr #drawing #my art #painting #insect art #moth #moths #insects tw

[ikemoths]

One of my favourites!! (I might get a plushie of this species soon :33) Garden tiger moth!! Look at the fluff!! look at the cow pattern!! the orange!! i love them so much

Arctia caja

#moth #moths #fluffy #cute #garden tiger #tiger #orange #cow pattern #cow #garden #flowers

[wild-e-eep]

A garden tiger moth caterpillar - Arctia caja, relocated from teh road.

#caterpillar #moth #insect #wooly bear #tiger moth #Argyll #UK #wildlife photography

[emperornero]

awesome beast in my house [ Arctia caja ]

#bugs tw #moth