The cinnabar moth is a brightly-coloured, day-flying moth. Like its caterpillar it is brightly coloured, to advertise that it is poisonous. The poisons are absorbed from ragworts, the home and food of the caterpillar.
Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
The cinnabar moth is a brightly-coloured, day-flying moth. Like its caterpillar it is brightly coloured, to advertise that it is poisonous. The poisons are absorbed from ragworts, the home and food of the caterpillar.