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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

Anchor 1

Apantesis virgo

Virgin Tiger 

Anchor 2

Apantesis virguncula 

Little Virgin Tiger 

Anchor 3
Anchor 4

Apantesis phalerata 

Harnessed Tiger 

Apantesis arge

Arge Tiger 

Anchor 5

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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