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Ermine have a typical weasel form with long body, short legs, long neck supporting a triangular head, slightly protruding round ears, and long whiskers. Their pelage is reddish-brown above and creamy white below in summer, and changes to completely white in winter with the tip of the tail remaining black in all seasons.
Spilosoma lubricipeda, the white ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region , China , Korea and Japan .
Distinctive Characteristics. A long slender body to aid in chase of small prey, with a black-tipped tail and fur that changes color from brown in the summer to white in the winter. Back to top. Nocturnal/Diurnal. Mostly nocturnal, the Ermine may forage by day. Back to top. Reproduction & Family Structure.
Spilosoma lubricipeda, the white ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan.
White Ermine. Erebidae. 72.020 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) Common. Similar species: Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea is cream-buff or whitish-buff rather than white and is less spotted except for the diagonal line of spots from the apex to the trailing edge of the forewing which also shows through from the underside of the ...
White all over with black spots and black antennae, the White Ermine moth is widespread and common throughout Norfolk. Recorded in 67 (91%) of 74 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1834.
Although all nine species are common and widespread, two of them (white ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda (Fig. 8.6) and large nutmeg) are severely declining species, the latter having declined by...
