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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
Anchor 1
Apantesis virgo
Virgin Tiger
Anchor 2
Apantesis virguncula
Little Virgin Tiger
Anchor 3