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Copyright © 2012 Dan Logen

Tiger moth with eggs - Spilosoma virginica -

Stanwood , Snohomish County, Washington, USA
June 27, 2012

I caught this moth in the act of laying eggs on a metal window casing, far from any potential food for the young. Is this common? Can I scrape off a few of them with a razor blade and rear them in a jar? What food should I use? The Agreeable Tiger Moth evidentally does not occur in Washington. Is this Spilosoma virginica? The two black dots on the forewing seem compatible with that species. If so, I can feed them dandelion leaves, according to Miller and Hammond, Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest.

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Tiger moth with eggs - Spilosoma virginica - female

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Contributed by Dan Logen on 29 June, 2012 - 5:48pm
Last updated 1 September, 2012 - 5:12pm

Moved

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… Beatriz Moisset, 1 September, 2012 - 5:12pm

This is

Spilosoma virginica. They're very common out here, and yes, they often do lay eggs wherever they land. I just got two batches deposited on the wall in which my sheet trap is at a couple days ago. You could try and scrape them off, but be careful. They feed on lawn weeds and anything else low growing and naturally abundant.

… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 6 August, 2012 - 11:02pm

eggs

I didn't get around to it, and they have now hatched. Thanks

… Dan Logen, 6 August, 2012 - 11:11pm

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… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2012 - 1:04pm

i think you could

pop some off if you were really careful.

… Edna Woodward, 29 June, 2012 - 6:00pm

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