Title

Yellow tiger moth

Caption

Yellow tiger moth (Rhyparia purpurata) adult, showing red hindwing colouration, resting on the frond of lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina), Cannobina Valley, Italian Alps, Piedmont, Northern Italy

Date

Jul 18, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Gianpiero Ferrari

Reference

BRK22F99_342

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,6Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,7in x 13,3in / 5315 x 3986 (300dpi)

Keywords

Alps Arctiidae Athyrium filix-femina Butterflies Butterfly Cinnamon Bears Defensive attitude Diacrisia purpurata Eurasia Hind wings Insect Insecta Insects Italian Italy Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Leptosporangiate fern Leptosporangiate ferns Mountain Range No People Northern Italy Phragmatobia dallii Phragmatobia fuliginosa Piedmont Piedmont region Piemonte Polypodiopsida Rhyparia purpurata Sheet detail Tineidae Tracheophyta adult adult animal adult animals animal animals bracken close up close ups common lady-fern defence defend defending defense deserted detail view empty fern ferns lady fern lady ferns macro macro photo macro shot macro view macros mature matures moth moths mountainous nature no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside plant plants purple tiger red red coloured resting ruby tiger show showing spice spice plant spice plants spices summer summery the North of Italy tiger moth tiger moths true fern uninhabited Asia Bear Bears Cinnamomum Europe South Europe Southern Europe Ursidae break cinnamon close-up defenses detail details leaf leaves mountain mountains pause pauses rest rests protect protecting protective