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ARCTIIDAE
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Heliotrope Moth
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Orange Spotted Tiger 1
Orange Spotted Tiger 2
Triangular Tiger Moth
 
AGANAIDAE
Yellow Tiger Moth
 
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CATOCALINAE 
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Lawn Armyworm
Lily Caterpillar
 

                                               

Yellow Tiger Moth - Agape chloropyga

Family Aganaidae

This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Tiger Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 30mm
 
The moth is yellow in colour with five orange spots on each forewing and some small black dots on thorax. It abdomen is yellow with black bands and a dark blue end. 
 
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Moth body length 40mm 
 
We found this moth flying in the open car park outside Brisbane Botanic Garden during the day in early winter. It always landed on cars. The above pictures were taken when the moth rested on a blue car and then a red car. 
 
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Next year late summer, we found another Yellow Tiger Moth rest on tree in late afternoon.
 
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Length 30mm
 
Their caterpillars are brown in colour with sparse hairs. They usually rest with last two segments raised in air The caterpillar feeds on Fig tree leaves (second picture above). We raised this caterpillar once without success.
 

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Last updated: April 19, 2005.