Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Arctiina » Arctia » Great Tiger Moth - Hodges#8166 (Arctia caja)
Photo#479796
Moth and caterpillar - Arctia caja
Copyright © 2010 Phil Huntley-Franck

Moth and caterpillar - Arctia caja
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 12, 2010
A non-stop eating machine, I found this caterpillar gorging on Bracken fern. Several days later, it wrapped itself in fern leaves. On August 15, the moth in the accompanying image emerged.

Images of this individual: tag all
Moth and caterpillar - Arctia caja Moth and caterpillar - Arctia caja - male Moth and caterpillar - Arctia caja
Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 17 December, 2010 - 10:19pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo