tiger moth in English

noun
1
a stout moth that has boldly spotted and streaked wings.
A tiger moth swooped down and brushed Anna with its dusty wings before gliding off into the distance.

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1. 930290.00 – 8166 – Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Tiger Moth Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed

2. 28 And legendary names like the Tiger Moth trainer and Mosquito and Vampire fighters were also made there.

3. This includes the wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis), which is an evolutionary study system for warning colour polymorphism

4. Arctia.caja.jpg 640 × 426; 149 KB Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) near Dunfanaghy - geograph.org.uk - 901186.jpg 619 × 640; 445 KB Stamp of Abkhazia - 1994 - Colnect 707143 - Snakes and Butterflies.jpeg 563 × 430; 68 KB

5. Arctia caja, also know as the "garden tiger moth" is one of the Arctiidae moths with the widest distribution in the Palearctic realm and can be found in large parts of the world including Europe, Asia, Russia and North-America

6. John Wimpenny's career as an aeronautical engineer began at the de Havilland Aircraft Company in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in October 1940, and he went on to work on the Mosquito, Tiger Moth, Hornet, Vampire and Comet aircraft projects, becoming Deputy Chief Aerodynamicist in 1957.