Rhodogastria amasis Arctiidae Tiger moth larva IMG 1008s

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Description: English: Rhodogastria amasis, family Arctiidae, may be the most familiar South African Tiger moth. The "woolly-bear" larvae bear sharp spines. Date: 6 October 2011. Source: Own work. Author: JonRichfield. Somerset West, South Africa. Spiny or not, some birds, eg the fiscal flycatcher eat the larvae, first scrubbing off most spines against the ground. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.