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Wandering Tiger Moth

Spilosoma vagans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 59, February 51, March 53, April 77, May 112, June 93, July 82, August 41, September 52, October 53, November 68, December 53.
United States1,933
California648
Canada518
Oregon408
Idaho273
Alberta261
British Columbia257
Wyoming113
Washington87
Nevada72

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusSpilosoma

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