Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Emerged Today - Black and White Tiger Moth, 1 by kennedyh

kennedyh wrote:
Way back on 31st August 2006, I found a caterpillar feeding on the leaves of Stinging Nettles (Urtica incisa).
I brough it home and kept it in a large jar and every 3 days for over a month, I fetched a bunch of stinging nettles (usually collecting a few stings in the process).
The caterpillar grew well, and late in September, it formed its chrysalis inside a cocoon, which was hidden in the leaf and bark litter that I put in the bottom of the jar.
Well this morning, I found that this lovely moth was perched on a stick in the jar. I was able to identify it as the Black and White Tiger Moth (Spilosoma glatignyi).
I took some photos of the moth and then released it (to go looking for more stinging nettles).
Here is the moth, newly emerged: