Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Garden Tiger)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArctia caja (Garden Tiger)
TribeArctiini (ermines and tigers)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) :
1: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
29 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Adult, at MV light
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - natural background (2)Image 3: Adult - flash colouration - dorsal view - natural background
2: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
13 Jun 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Larva, feeding on Kidney Vetch flower
Image 1: Caterpillar - damaged - dorsal viewImage 2: Caterpillar - dorsal viewImage 3: Caterpillar - dorsal view (2)Image 4: Caterpillar - lateral viewImage 5: Caterpillar - lateral view (2)Image 6: Caterpillar - latero-dorsal viewImage 7: Caterpillar - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 8: Caterpillar - rolled up in defensive poseImage 9: Caterpillar - rolled up under food plant
3: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
29 May 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
caterpillar
Image 1: Larva - lateral viewImage 2: Larva - latero-dorsal viewImage 3: Larva - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 4: Larva - latero-dorsal view (3)
4: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
25 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Broad-leaved Dock
Image 1: Larva - close-upImage 2: Larva on leaf
5: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
16 Jun 1974 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Larva building pupal cocoon
Image 1: Pupal cocoon in process of being builtImage 2: Larva building pupal cocoon - close-up - enlarged
6: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
3 Aug 1972 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W England
Imago
Image 1: Defensive postureImage 2: Dorsal viewImage 3: Dorsal view - cryptic modeImage 4: Dorsal view - showing flash colourationImage 5: Dorsal view - showing flash colouration (2)Image 6: Foreparts - lateral view - close-up - enlarged
7: Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
23 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Larva on Nettle
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Curled up - side view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Parsons, M.S., Fox, R., Conrad, K.F., Woiwod, I.P. & Warren, M.S. 2005 British moths: throwing light on a new conservation challenge British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 386-394.

Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)