Garden tiger moth
The brightly orange or yellow underwings warn predators that this moth is distasteful to eat. This specimen was collected by C. W. Holcroft June 1954 using a mercury vapour lamp.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/1976/47
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Holcroft, Mr C W
- Common Name
- garden tiger moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
