Tropical tiger moth
The tropical tiger moth has brown front wings with white lines along the veins and an orange patch near the body. Its back wings are bright orange-yellow with black spots. It lives in warm lands from India to Australia.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar is black with two white bands along its back.
The caterpillar makes a thin cocoon stuck to a leaf before it turns into a moth.
The orange patch on its wings matches the colour of the scales on its body.
It lives in both forests and farmland.
Most asked questions about Tropical tiger moth
?Is the tropical tiger moth dangerous?
Not much, but in years when there are very many of them, some people got itchy or feverish. It is best not to touch it.
?What does the tropical tiger moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of fig trees, teak and other trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Asota caricae
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Asota caricae (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 Len Worthington. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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