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Bertholdia flavidorsalis
Medium to small tiger moth. Brown, orange, yellow and white with fluorescent blue on the body (that's hidden in this photo).
This particular one: North-Eastern Colombia, on the slopes of the San Lorenzo Ridge in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, above the town of Santa Marta, Colombia and buzzing around the nightlight, as moths do.
There are no less than a gazillion moths here and I can't figure out if some are just different-colored versions of the same genus (genus?) or are all different genuses. Any input welcome.
Based on your photo samples, I'd have to agree that it's a Tiger Moth. Thanks! The coloring is so interesting.
Arctiidae, Bertholdia sp., looks similar to Bertholdia flavidorsalis, but there are probably many others in Colombia. Bertholdia sp. is safe, the species is very tricky.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictu...
This one might be taken with flash, so the blue parts are visible.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/...
Spotted on Aug 26, 2011
Submitted on Oct 5, 2011
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