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Giraffe colored wing moth - Arctia caja
Copyright © 2005 kim abel

Giraffe colored wing moth - Arctia caja
Long Beach, Pacific County, Washington, USA
July 13, 2005
Size: approx. 3 inches

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Contributed by kim abel on 16 July, 2005 - 12:19am
Last updated 14 July, 2018 - 10:42am

8166 - Garden or Great Tiger Moth - Arctia caja
Patrick has the species correct. Not often encountered by photographers in North America (so far) but it extends across the northern tier of States and Canada. Variation in forewing markings is probably extreme, and different from Old World specimens due to small "founder effect" genetics. Please email me at BPatter789@aol.com if you will grant permission for your photos to appear on the Living Moths Plate for Arctiidae at Moth Photographers Group.
… Bob Patterson, 16 July, 2005 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

Tiger Moth, likely Arctia caja
Looks like Garden Tiger Moth or Great Tiger Moth, Arctia caja (species complex), shown by Miller, p. 33. (1) Range map in North America here shows is is found in the Pacific Northwest. It is also found in Eurasia. A Google image search will show lots of images from the Old World.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 16 July, 2005 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

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