Here's a quick example of the extreme body size variation within the Arctiinae. Yes, these species are in the same subfamily. Big: Sebastia argus; Small: Talara esperanza.; Note: BOTH visually aposematic. #nmnh #prfb #arctiinae

The tiger moth version of "Where's Waldo?". Can you spot the hindwings of this moth? They are vanishingly small, but they are there. This isn't the result of damage or a rare mutation -- they evolved to be this way. Likely to aid in mimicking a wasp. #arctiinae #nmnh

Another wasp misplaced among the tiger moths? Nope. This one has a "pseudostinger". Think it enhances wasp mimicry? Maybe, but consider: 1) only males exhibit this and 2) wasps with these giant ovipositors AFAIK don't defensively sting. Quite the mystery. #arctiinae #nmnh

Hard to believe we're only about half a day away from the first ever Arctiinae Research Community Meeting #ARC2021! I'm so happy we pulled this together. I'm going to be in #arctiinae heaven tomorrow. My talk: Recent Advances in the Phylogenomics of the Arctiinae. Arctiinae Research Community

Looking forward to seeing you there!

7 hours of moth research Arctiinae Research Community with fellow researchers from different parts of the world —Big shout out to the organisers Dr. Nicolas (Nick) J. Dowdy Ossi Nokelainen & #RGawne for putting this together. It was GREAT! 🙌🏼🐛

That's a wrap! Thank you so much to the entire #arctiinae Research Community for making the first Arctiinae Research Community meeting a HUGE success. This was an inspiring collection of presentations and the future of tiger moth research looks very bright! 😎

We hope you are excited as we are for #ARC22 to begin in just 1 HOUR!!

Thank you to all our wonderful attendees, presenters, our keynote speaker jim mallet, and our organizing committee for a great #ARC2022! See you in 2023!!

Dr. Nick Dowdy, former #phdstudent in Dr. Bill Conner's lab Wake Forest University, won 1st for the 2017 Ecological Society Student Comp. for President's Prize in Lepidoptera: "Can Characteristics of Tiger Moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Sounds Be Predicted From Morphology?” Congrats, Nick!

Hello, World! Something new is about to emerge! Follow us to stay up-to-date on the newest tiger moth research! Tag us Arctiinae Research Community with your new results to have them shared. Stay tuned for more!! #Halysidota_tessellaris #Arctiinae #Entomology #Science

Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) and Cream-spot Tiger Moth (Arctia villica). #SciArt by Janet Harvey Kelman for her Butterflies and #Moths (1910). Contributed to #BHLib by Mann Library @ Cornell and Cornell_Library: s.si.edu/2FriPpe -- #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay

Along the way to see the Monarch colonies in Michoacán, Mexico, one can spot some other spectacular wildlife, like this Chryscale principalis Tiger Moth. #UFBugs

We are super-happy to get a paper accepted in Functional Ecology about #colour vision in our beautiful #tigermoths with the awesome Lund Vision Group #colsci University of Jyväskylä