THE CATERPILLAR LAB

Red and Black Tigers and their Kin

of the New England Region 

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Family:  Erebidae   

(tigers, tussocks, underwings, fruit piercers, litter moths) 

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Subfamily:  Arctiinae   

(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)

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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 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

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• Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

• Arctia parthenos  (St. Lawrence Tiger Moth)

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• 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)

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• Genus Virbia

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