The Mulberry Wing
I've had a lot of exposure to the other three members of this genus -- the ones that look alike and require lifting of the wings to see abdomen and foreleg color in order to separate. The one distinctive one had eluded me -- until May 16 at the James Ramsay Hunt Sanctuary. This is a Dubious Tiger Moth (Spilosoma dubia) of the family Arctiidae.

Moth of the Week © 2004 Steve Walter