Beautiful Moth

This little guy greeted me this morning. My amateur entomologist neighbor says it is a St. Lawrence Tiger Moth.

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Wow that is a pretty little moth isnt it.

Oh moths are indeed so pretty, I have some nice pictures of moths too. Have an awesome day, CynthiaM.

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Beautiful moth. Great shots of it.

One of the places we lived, we were in the migratory path of the Bogong moth. They were not real pretty, but big suckers!

Amazing that I took this photo with my iPad! I did not think it would give me such a nice close up.

My youngest son just found one of those this week It was sure neat to see something different. Those white cabbage butterflies I could do without, though.

Did it give you a jaunty bonjour, or was the little beret the give away to its home?

Mother Nature is so stunning sometimes. Nice moth!

He stuck around for a while. I even picked him up and he bubbled some noxious liquid at me through his head. Quite a defense. I think you can see the bubble in a couple of the pictures.

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thats a beautiful moth, we get them at work from time to time!

Pretty sure that is a garden tiger moth rather than a st. Lawrence tiger moth based on the colour pattern and antennae. Very similar moths. Beautiful either way.

Country Thyme Farm wrote:Pretty sure that is a garden tiger moth rather than a st. Lawrence tiger moth based on the colour pattern and antennae. Very similar moths. Beautiful either way.

You are right. I sent the picture to the fellow who has albertainsects.com and he confirmed the ID. He also asked if he could use my picture on his website, as he did not have a photo of one yet.

That's cool that he wants to use it. It is a really good shot.