| Tyria jacobaeae on Salvia pratensis | [ Sizes: Orig | Large | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
The Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth, found in Europe and western and central Asia. It has been introduced into New Zealand, Australia and North America to control poisonous ragwort, which its larvae feed on. The moth is named after the red mineral cinnabar because of the red patches on its predominantly black wings. Cinnabar moths have a wingspan of 32-42 mm (1.3-1.7 in).
Cinnabar moths are day-flying insects. Like many other brightly coloured moths, it is poisonous.
( info Wikipedia)
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| tarol | Pretty | | 
Voted 10/10 | Beautiful colors! | | Posted Mar 19, 2007 9:06 pm |
| Alpinist | Magnificant! | | 
Voted 10/10 | Great shot! | | Posted Mar 19, 2007 10:02 pm |
 | | BazZ | Re: Magnificant! | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks. Just sit down and things happen. It was the first year I had a camara with a macro function on it. It's a new demension for me. | | Posted Mar 19, 2007 10:35 pm |
| Dean | Neat colors | | 
Voted 10/10 | Gotta agree with both Sequoia and Alpinist in their comments. Terrific shot. | | Posted Mar 22, 2007 6:44 pm |
| rdmc | Awesome! | | 
Voted 10/10 | You have some incredible floral and macro pictures. Thanks for sharing them. | | Posted Apr 5, 2007 9:20 pm |
| | BazZ | Re: Awesome! | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you. More this summer.;) | | Posted Apr 6, 2007 2:19 am |
| donhaller3 | Cinnabar Moth | | 
Voted 10/10 | I think. Imported to eat tansy ragwort--the caterpillars do anyway.
Great pic as always.
Don | | Posted Apr 25, 2007 1:53 pm |
| | BazZ | Re: Cinnabar Moth | |
Hasn't voted | Yes it is a Cinnabar, I checked wikipedia, thanks. But it's in Europe not imported. | | Posted Apr 27, 2007 4:52 pm |
| nartreb | lupine? | | 
Hasn't voted | If you can remember the shape of the leaves, that'll seal the deal. Lupines have distinctive leaves - see the photos here:
http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lupinusangustifolius.php#
Or see the Summitpost album devoted to lupine.
If the shape of the flowers reminds you a little bit of furze, it's because they're relatives (both legumes aka pea family) | | Posted Apr 25, 2007 4:08 pm |
| | BazZ | Re: lupine? | |
Hasn't voted | I can't see if it is. I can't remember the leaves neither. So I make it a Lupine. PS nice site that is. Thanks again | | Posted Apr 28, 2007 4:21 pm |
| | mrh | Re: lupine? | | 
Voted 10/10 | Without doing some investigation, I can't say for certain what it is, but I'm pretty sure its not a lupine. It is a great photo nontheless. | | Posted May 8, 2007 4:19 pm |
| | BazZ | Re: lupine? | |
Hasn't voted | I wasn't sure either. I'm gonna put some energie in finding out what it is then.
Thanks for noticing. | | Posted May 8, 2007 4:22 pm |
| davor | Beautiful | | 
Voted 10/10 | What to say, fantastic ... | | Posted May 26, 2007 3:24 pm |
| | BazZ | Re: Beautiful | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Davor, I'm glad you like it | | Posted May 26, 2007 3:51 pm |
| kakakiw | Good macro | | 
Voted 10/10 | I love a good macro, fun and challenging. | | Posted Jul 9, 2007 8:56 am |
| | BazZ | Re: Good macro | |
Hasn't voted | I love it also a lot. And indeed challenging, those little freinds move al the time. | | Posted Jul 9, 2007 9:24 am |
| bobeck | What beautiful | | 
Voted 10/10 | colors and composition! | | Posted Jan 22, 2008 5:53 pm |
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