Sunday, August 14, 2011

Creatonotos gangis

The Creatonotos gangis is a species of moth in the family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths), found in Pakistan. It has a wingspan of about 40mm. They have brown forewings with dark streaks, and white hindwings. The abdomen is red from top and black from underside. The red portion has black spots.

Tiger Moth-Creatonotos gangis
Tiger Moth Eggs
Tiger Moth Eggs

Posted by Labels: , ,

3 comments :

  1. It was nice seeing kinds of butterflies, moths and other insects in your blog again... Maybe you could help me determine what kind of butterflies are these: World of Vhincci

    Thank you! :)

    ReplyDelete

  2. beautiful pictures, I was especially impressed to see one that makes the eggs !!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete

  3. Thanks Vhincci Subia for the comment. Hopefully you will see more and more insects pictures on my blog in the coming days. The butterfly in yous post is The Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus).

    Thanks Elettra for the comment and liking my images.

    ReplyDelete

Hi Friends!
Your kind comments, suggestions, corrections and positive criticism are great reward and encouragement for me.

Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom )