The Jersey tiger-moth is a common sight in Jersey in the summer months. ... “When it is disturbed or when it flies, the red flash of its under wing shows quite conspicuously. ...

This is the Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria). As its common name suggests, the dazzling insect is usually a resident of Jersey. But warming temperatures have brought it to the UK.

For the last 100 years, Jersey Tigers were found mainly in the South West and the Channel Islands - the only parts of Britain where conditions were reliable warm enough.

A Jersey tiger moth. ... The moth is brightly coloured with black and cream striped upper fore wings and orange upper rear wings and these bright colours warn would-be predators of its toxicity.

AT a time when we are deeply worried about the steep decline in our butterfly and moth populations, there is one scrap of good news and that concerns the Jersey tiger moth (pictured). Once ...

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A recent article published in Ecology and Evolution examined the occupancy of the Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) in urban habitats using social media data instead of traditional ...

AT a time when we are deeply worried about the steep decline in our butterfly and moth populations, there is one scrap of good news and that concerns the Jersey tiger moth (pictured). Once confined to ...