Caption

Garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), the caterpillar of the Garden tiger moth, a moth, butterfly of the bear moth family feeds on its typical host plant, the viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) . Caterpillar of the, Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), native nature, Hesse, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 29, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H72_097

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,7Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,8in x 9,2in / 4139 x 2759 (300dpi)

Keywords

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