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Red and Black Tigers and their Kin
of the New England Region
Family:
Erebidae
(
tigers, tussocks, underwings, fruit piercers, litter moths)
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)
Tribe:
Arctiini
(tiger moths and the tiger moth tussocks)
Subtribe
: Arctiina
(red and black tigers)
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Presented by Sam Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab.
The following resources were used in the creation of these galleries:
• Samuel Jaffe original photographs and associated Life History Notes.
• David Wagner accounts from
"The Caterpillars of Eastern North America"
•
Moth Photographer's Group range maps
Apantesis virgo
Virgin Tiger
Apantesis virguncula
Little Virgin Tiger
Apantesis phalerata
Harnessed Tiger
Apantesis arge
Arge Tiger
Apantesis figurata
Figured Tiger
Apantesis figurata
Figured Tiger
Other New England
Arctiina
species not yet represented here
• Arctia caja
(Garden Tiger)
• Arctia parthenos
(St. Lawrence Tiger Moth)
• Apantesis nais
(Nais Tiger Moth)
•
Apantesis anna
(Anna Tiger Moth)
•
Apantesis phyllira
(Phyllira Tiger Moth)
•
Apantesis parthenice
(Parthenice Tiger Moth)
•
Apantesis doris
(Doris Tiger Moth)
• Genus Virbia
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