Showing posts with label cinnabar moth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinnabar moth. Show all posts

Friday, August 5, 2016

Cinnabar moth caterpillar

July 27, 2016, Hemlock St. and Evergreen Pl.

The cinnabar moth is a natural enemy of tansy ragwort. The noxious weed is an invasive plant from Europe, and the moth, also from Europe, was introduced here on purpose a few decades ago as a way of biological control.  In the 1960s tansy seemed more out of control than it is today.