Animal Coloration Can Serve Double Duty The cinnabar moth caterpillar's coloration pattern warns predators close up, but camouflages the critter from a distance.

The interactions between cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae L. and its food plant, tansy ragwort, Senecio jacobaea L. were studied for 4 to 6 years at 9 sites in North America to assess if the herbivore ...

Among the caterpillars likely to spotted at St Nicks during the moth hunt is the strikingly tiger-striped cinnabar moth caterpillar.

Though the invasive OPM caterpillar looks similar to some harmless native species, like the lackey moth and brown tail moth caterpillars, its location and movements will reveal its toxicity.

Certain insects, such as the African variegated grasshopper or the cinnabar moth, native in Europe and Asia, feed on toxic plants in order to protect themselves from predators.

Cinnabar Moth is a 4yo br unknown from Ireland trained by Liz Doyle, who is based at Wexford. It is sired by the stallion Poet's Word out of the dam Ville Sainte. Cinnabar Moth is yet to break its ...

1. A field experiment tested the independent and combined effects of the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) and the ragwort flea beetle (Longitarsus jacobaeae) on ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). These insect ...