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Cream-spot Tiger Moth

Epicallia villica

About

A handsome moth with velvety black forewings dotted with large cream-white spots and bright orange hindwings with black patches. It is a widespread southern European species.

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Did You Know?

It is a classic example of aposematic coloring, warning predators of its unpalatable body chemistry.