Tiger moth (moth)
| Arctiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Author: | Leach, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type species: | Arctia caja (Garden Tiger Moth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diversity: | ? genera 11,000 species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arctiinae Lithosiinae Syntominae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arctia many others | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arctiidae is a family of the Lepidoptera, representing the tiger moths, for example the scarlet tiger moth.
Many species have hairy caterpillars which are popularly known as woolly bears. The scientific name refers to this (Gk. αρκτος = a bear).
Colonial superstition has it that the forthcoming weather can be predicted by the amount of black on a woolly bear caterpillar.
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