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Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaceae) on Great Cumbrae. The Cinnabar Moth can be distinguished from a Burnet moth as the Cinnabar Moth has red stripes on its wings compared to Burnet moths which have red spots.
14 June 2024
Cinnabar Moth, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaceae) on Great Cumbrae. The Cinnabar Moth can be distinguished from a Burnet moth as the Cinnabar Moth has red stripes on its wings compared to Burnet moths which have red spots.
14 June 2024
Cinnabar Moth, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaceae) on Great Cumbrae. The Cinnabar Moth can be distinguished from a Burnet moth as the Cinnabar Moth has red stripes on its wings compared to Burnet moths which have red spots.
14 June 2024
Cinnabar Moth, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaceae) on Great Cumbrae. The Cinnabar Moth can be distinguished from a Burnet moth as the Cinnabar Moth has red stripes on its wings compared to Burnet moths which have red spots.
14 June 2024
Cinnabar Moth, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaceae) on Great Cumbrae. The Cinnabar Moth can be distinguished from a Burnet moth as the Cinnabar Moth has red stripes on its wings compared to Burnet moths which have red spots.
14 June 2024
Cinnabar Moth at RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Cinnabar Moth at RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Cinnabar Moth at RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar