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INSECTS

Agreeable Tiger Moth

Spilosoma congrua

Insects
Native
Agreeable Tiger Moth, photo 1 of 5
Agreeable Tiger Moth, Caterpillar
Agreeable Tiger Moth, Male

Butterfly or moth in the family Erebidae. Lives in fields and in forests. Feeds on plants.

There are 60 observations of Agreeable Tiger Moth in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Capitale-Nationale and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 10 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue26
  2. Capitale-Nationale8
  3. Outaouais7
  4. Montérégie6
  5. Estrie6
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  7. Lanaudière2
  8. Laurentides1
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  10. Mauricie1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsHubert Figuière
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

What the caterpillar eats

LambsquartersChenopodium album
DandelionTaraxacum officinale

Similar species

Virginian Tiger MothSpilosoma virginica
Fall Webworm MothHyphantria cunea
Dubious Tiger MothSpilosoma dubia
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis
Pink-legged Tiger MothSpilosoma latipennis
Salt Marsh MothEstigmene acrea
Isabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabella
Spongy MothLymantria dispar
Elm Spanworm MothEnnomos subsignaria
American LadyVanessa virginiensis
Cinnabar mothTyria jacobaeae
St. Lawrence Tiger MothArctia parthenos