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Family Aganaidae
This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Tiger Moths
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 30mm
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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
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- 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
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- 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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