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Ardices canescens
About 30mm long; tiger moth; nice fluffy red underwear.
This one trying to break into a Ford at a local used car lot at night time. Attracted to strong mercury lights.
superfamily: NOCTUOIDEA family: ARCTIIDAE subfamily: ARCTIINAE http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
Spotted on Nov 4, 2013
Submitted on Nov 7, 2013
7 Comments
Beautiful Tiger Moth!
Thanks guys.. the small pocket cam has some advantages Luis. And Martin I was thinking the same. It shouldn't be too hard to analyse photos of naturally landed moths on artificial surfaces to calculate their ability or desire to line up with patterns and match their colours. I'm sure someone will get a PhD for it one day.
Great spotting.
It seems to like red.
Getting some very nice moths!
If you carry your camera at night you are a true spotter, congrats Mark!
Thanks Cindy.. having some troubles uploading.
Tiger Moth = car thief... good to know, thanks ;) Beautiful spotting, Mark!