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St. Lawrence Tiger Moth

Arctia parthenos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 28, March 44, April 87, May 167, June 105, July 233, August 53, September 56, October 46, November 29, December 26.
Canada2,579
United States1,272
Ontario701
Alaska499
Quebec459
Alberta422
British Columbia352
Nunavut240
Minnesota156
Nova Scotia152

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
GenusArctia

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