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Ruby Tiger Moth
Ruby tiger Moth Phragmatobia fuliginosa has two broods
a year in the south in April and June and again in aguust and september . In the north
of the UK however it flies in just one brood in June the caterpillars eat many plants but
in some areas Ragwort is a very important foodplant.
It is double-brooded in the south, flying in April to June, and again in August and September.
In the north there is just one generation, in June.
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