Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Ornate Tiger Moth

Ornate tiger moths (Apantesis ornata) emerge in the spring in a variety of habitats with their stark aposematic coloration, a warning to would-be predators of their toxic distasteful defenses.

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