Stephen Howard wrote in message . ..
On 18 Aug 2003 15:03:30 GMT, wrote:

Stephen Howard wrote:
On 18 Aug 2003 11:11:33 GMT, wrote:

The Cinnabar is a Tiger moth.. just not THE Tiger moth.

Not in my moth books it isn't! I'll check tonight but I suspect it
may even be in a different family.

Try Arctiidae

Regards,

Arctiiidae is the correct term for the family that incides the
Cinnabar and the
Tiger Moths. I would expect some other members of the family to eat
the plant too. The Garden Tiger almost certainly will.


An awful lot of wildlife uses ragwort. This is a quote from an English
Nature Document

"As a native plant ragwort has been studied for many years by
naturalists. Even way back in 1957 a report concluded that it is eaten
by, or is host to, over 81 species of insects including five "red data
book" and eight "nationally scarce" species. Living on those 81
species there have been a further 25 parasitic insect species
identified. In addition there have been 177 species of insects
observed using ragwort as a nectar source. It has also been observed
as host to the Common Broomrape and 14 species of fungi."

--
Neil Jones- http://www.butterflyguy.com/
"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn
Bog National Nature Reserve