Black-and-white tiger moth
Ardices glatignyi
The black-and-white tiger moth is a moth from Australia. Its caterpillar is not fussy at all and eats many different plants.
Lives in
Australia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats many kinds of plants, such as lantana, bear's breeches and wandering jew.
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)
Black-and-white 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
It used to be put in a different group, Spilosoma, until a scientist showed in 2005 that it belongs to Ardices.
2
It is a tiger moth, a family of moths that are often boldly patterned.
3
Its caterpillar eats lantana, a shrub with bright little flowers.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black-and-white tiger moth
?Where does the black-and-white tiger moth live?
In Australia.
?What does its caterpillar eat?
Many plants, including lantana and bear's breeches.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ardices glatignyi
- Named by
- Le Guillou, 1841
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Ardices glatignyi (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 Toby Hudson. CC BY-SA 3.0 au, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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