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Arctiidae

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a family comprising the tiger moths.

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Arctiidae - tiger moths

family Arctiidae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies

arctiid, arctiid moth - stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars

Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha - cinnabar moths

woolly bear moth - larva of moth of the family Arctiidae

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arctiid
arctiid moth
Callimorpha

family Arctiidae
genus Callimorpha
woolly bear moth

One family, the Arctiidae or tiger moths, has even evolved a bat-sonar-jamming mechanism, Fullard says.

Cave creatures by Ezzell, Carol / Science News

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