2057 Garden Tiger, Arctia caja, (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
National Status :
Common
Local Status :
Resident (SMP Status 2)
Distribution and abundance :
Mainly in the northern and coastal fens, occasional records elsewhere
Habitats :
Fens, scrub, heathland, grassland
Flight Period :
Single-brooded; June to August
Larval foodplants :
Wide variety of herbaceous plants
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Suffolk, teste W. C. Hewitson Esq. (Stephens, lllus. ii, 1829, p. 198). Woolly Bears are abundant in all gardens, to a less extent on our central clay.
Wingspan details :
Forewing 28-37mm, Wingspan 50-78mm
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Eye (18.vii.2000) © Paul Kitchener
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Larva on flattened fen vegetation after a thunderstorm - Sutton Fen, Norfolk (1.vi.2002) © Jonathan Tyler
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Orfordness, Suffolk (24.vii.2010) © Neil Sherman
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Ipswich, Suffolk (13.viii.2012) © Neil Sherman
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Bradwell, Suffolk (17.vii.2013) © Keith Knights
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Dark specimen - Synchnant Pass, Conwy, Caernarfonshire (21.vii.2015) © Neil Sherman
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