Jersey Tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria, zebra-like moth of family Arctiidae, Plitvice Lakes, Croatia, Europe.

The Jersey Tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria, is a day-flying moth of the family Arctiidae (in the order Lepidoptera). Euplagia quadripunctaria has a zebra-like black and white pattern and is widely distributed in Europe from Estonia and Latvia in the north to the Mediterranean coast and islands in the south, plus West Russia, South Urals, Asia Minor, Rhodes and nearby islands, the Near East, Caucasus, South Turkmenistan, and Iran (Dubatolov, 2010). Photo is from Plitvice Lakes National Park (Nacionalni park Plitvicka jezera, in Croatia, Europe), which was founded in 1949 and is honored by UNESCO as World Heritage Site.

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The Jersey Tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria, is a day-flying moth of the family Arctiidae (in the order Lepidoptera). Euplagia quadripunctaria has a zebra-like black and white pattern and is widely distributed in Europe from Estonia and Latvia in the north to the Mediterranean coast and islands in the south, plus West Russia, South Urals, Asia Minor, Rhodes and nearby islands, the Near East, Caucasus, South Turkmenistan, and Iran (Dubatolov, 2010). Photo is from Plitvice Lakes National Park (Nacionalni park Plitvicka jezera, in Croatia, Europe), which was founded in 1949 and is honored by UNESCO as World Heritage Site.