Agreeable tiger moth
Spilosoma congrua
Name means: “agreeable or fitting”
The agreeable tiger moth is a bright white moth with big black eyes. It has a white tummy with rows of black dots, and an orange or yellow bib just behind its head. It flies at night and loves lamps.
Lives in
Most of the United States and southern Canada, in meadows, fields and gardens
Wingspan
2.8 to 4.2 cm (1.1 to 1.7 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat many low plants, including common weeds and garden vegetables.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is Agreeable tiger moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Agreeable tiger moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The orange bib is the best way to tell it apart from its look-alike cousin, the Virginia tiger moth.
2
Males have feathery feelers shaped like combs, while females have thin ones.
3
Its legs are white with black bands.
4
Nobody knows for sure why it was given the name agreeable.
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Most asked questions about Agreeable tiger moth
?What does the agreeable tiger moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat many weeds and garden plants.
?How big is the agreeable tiger moth?
Its wings are about 3 to 4 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Spilosoma congrua
- Named by
- Walker, 1855
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- New Hope tiger moth
Where the facts come from
- Agreeable tiger moth (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Themom51. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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