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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 caterpillar, Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar feeding on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve, Glasgow
10 July 2018
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar on Common Ragwort, Milngavie
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East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar feeding on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by Sarah Longrigg in Milngavie
01 August 2014
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars on Common Ragwort, Prestwick
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CEP - Ayrshire
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars feeding on on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken on Prestwick dunes near St Andrews Caravan Park. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1984.
07 July 1984
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar feeding on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Bo'ness
05 August 2016
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.
