Jersey tiger
The Jersey tiger is a moth that flies in the daytime. Its front wings are black with cream stripes, and when it flies you can see bright red back wings. The red colour warns birds that it tastes bad.
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Fun facts
In some places the back wings are orange or yellow instead of red.
On the Greek island of Rhodes, huge groups rest together in a shady place called the Valley of the Butterflies.
It gets its name from Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, where it is common.
It was once very rare in England, but now it is common in the south and still spreading.
It is the only moth or butterfly that is a top-priority protected species in the European Union.
Most asked questions about Jersey tiger
?Is the Jersey tiger a butterfly or a moth?
It is a moth, but it flies in the daytime like a butterfly.
?How big is a Jersey tiger?
Its wings are about 5 to 6.5 centimetres across.
?Does the Jersey tiger live in Estonia?
Yes. Estonia is at the very northern edge of where it lives.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Euplagia quadripunctaria
- Named by
- Poda, 1761
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Spanish flag
Where the facts come from
- Euplagia quadripunctaria (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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