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Scarlet tiger moth

Callimorpha dominula

Description:

When the wings opened the other pair were brilliant red but I couldn't get a shot of it

Habitat:

This beautiful moth was on the garden table in a cottage on a village edge in Gloucestershire. Area is a mix of village edge and open fields

Notes:

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1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Scarlet Tiger
Callimorpha dominula Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula - UKMoths


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7 Comments

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Awesome!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Goingtothedogs, this colorful moth is being featured in the Project Noah blog today! It's nice to see such a beauty from my homeland!
http://blog.projectnoah.org/

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Not Zygaenidae. bayucca got it in one. Well spotted.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Callimorpha dominula.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Magic moth! Plus some bonus critters.

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Nearly certain it's some species of day-flying Zygaenidae moth.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Beautiful,

Goingtothedogs
Spotted by
Goingtothedogs

Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 1, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012

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