Chris Mattison / Larva, Scarlet Tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., May

John Waters / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Echium, urban garden, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Echium with an ant investigating it, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Track left to reveal Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Echium, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Echium, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Echium, Bristol, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Scarlet tiger moth caterpillar (Callimorpha dominula) feeding on Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia) flowers, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Guy Edwardes / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula), Powerstock Common, Dorset, England, UK, June.

Guy Edwardes / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha eominula), Powerstock Common, Dorset, England, UK

Nick Upton / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) resting with its wings closed on a Comfrey leaf (Symphytum officinale) Wiltshire, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

David Kjaer / Scarlet tiger (Callimorpha dominula) Wiltshire, UK

Colin Varndell / Scarlet tiger (Callimorpha dominula) moth at rest. Dorset, UK, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) Porvoo, Ita-Uusimaa / Eastern Uusimaa, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. July