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Light Ermine Moth

Ardices canescens

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 30mm long; tiger moth; nice fluffy red underwear.

Habitat:

This one trying to break into a Ford at a local used car lot at night time. Attracted to strong mercury lights.

Notes:

superfamily: NOCTUOIDEA
family: ARCTIIDAE
subfamily: ARCTIINAE

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/canes.html

Reference Links:

Spilosoma canescens - Overview, Ardices canescens, Spilosoma canescens : Dark-spotted Tiger Moth | Atlas of Living Australia

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Comments (7)
Mark Ridgway
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.
MartinL
Great spotting. It seems to like red.
LuisStevens
If you carry your camera at night you are a true spotter, congrats Mark!
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Cindy.. having some troubles uploading.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Tiger Moth = car thief... good to know, thanks ;) Beautiful spotting, Mark!

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PublishedNovember 7, 2013

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