Ragwort & Cinnabar moth cutout


Common Ragwort Seniceo jacobaea with feeding Cinnabar moth caterpillar Tyria jacobaeae that obtain the alkaloid poisons from the plant which together with their bright wasp like colouration provide protection from predation Surrey England June


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Photo credit: © Frank Blackburn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: alkaloid, botanical, callimorpha, caterpillar, cinnabar, colouration, common, cut-, cut-outs, defence, flower, jacobaea, jacobaeae, moth, plants, poisonous, ragwort, senico, silo, wasp-, weed