Painted tiger moth
Arachnis picta
The painted tiger moth is a tiger moth from the dry southwest of the United States and Mexico. Its wings are about 5 centimetres across. Its caterpillars munch on wild plants like lupines.
Lives in
The southwestern United States and nearby Mexico
Wingspan
5 cm (2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Moths cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat soft plants such as lupines, radish and acanthus.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Painted tiger moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Painted tiger moth about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The moths fly in summer.
2
Scientists know several subspecies, from California and Colorado to Mexico.
3
Its caterpillars even eat radish, a vegetable people grow too.
you asked
Most asked questions about Painted tiger moth
?What does the painted tiger moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants like lupines, radish and acanthus.
?How big is the painted tiger moth?
Its wingspan is about 5 centimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Arachnis picta
- Named by
- Packard, 1864
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Arachnis picta (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 Laura Gaudette. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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