Any Entomologists here ? Jersey Tiger Moth

[ComUtoR]

Afternoon, I'm struggling to identify an insect. My Daughter caught it in an unusual position. For me it looks like a Moth but I have searched the Moth sites and cannot pin it down.



Cheers in advance.

 

[chris_in_salop]

Not sure. The wings don't look like a natural resting position, so are probably damaged in some way.

It's difficult to tell from the side view - do you have a top-down view, by any chance?

For IDs that I'm completely stumped by, I use iSpot.

https://www.ispotnature.org/

It's a crowd-sourced identification site, run by the Open University, but free for anyone to use.

 

[Domh245]

Google Lens says it's an Ornate Tiger Moth

 

[najaB]

Oh, sorry. Thought you wanted to know the origin of a word...

(Image is from xkcd #1012: Wrong Superhero)

 

[ComUtoR]

For IDs that I'm completely stumped by, I use iSpot.

https://www.ispotnature.org/

I did send the photo to a Moth website but cheers for that link. Gonna use it in the future for sure. My Daughter took it so thats all she had.

Google Lens says it's an Ornate Tiger Moth

Not quite but awesome searching. I tried Google Image search but it came up empty. However, Ornate Tiger moth led me to the correct answer...

Euplagia quadripunctaria - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Its a Jersey Tiger Moth. Beautiful.

Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, is a day-flying moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761. The adult wingspan is 52–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in), and they fly from July to September, depending on the location.

Oh, sorry. Thought you wanted to know the origin of a word...

The joys or XKCD



Thanks all ♥♥

 

[chris_in_salop]

What a beauty! I've never seen one of those.

I mean I love Shropshire, but often cast envious glances down at Devon, Cornwall and the South Coast when it comes to interesting wildlife.

 

[chris_in_salop]

What a beauty! I've never seen one of those.

I love my home county of Shropshire, but often cast envious glances down at Devon, Cornwall and the South Coast when it comes to interesting wildlife. Although we have got pine martens now.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Where was it spotted?

 

[ComUtoR]

Where was it spotted?

Spotted in Kent. Its far far from home.

She's taking after her Dad. See something interesting, grap a pic.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Had one of those in our garden the other evening. I tried, but failed, to get a photo of it.