Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi), La Brenne Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Nick Upton / Fox moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi) crawling along grassy cliff edge, near Bude, Cornwall, UK, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar covered in urticating hairs, Kumlinge, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands Archipelago, Finland. September

Chris Mattison / Fox Moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi), Hallam Moor, South Yorkshire, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Fox Moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi), Hallam Moor, South Yorkshire. May.

Alex Hyde / Fox moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi) sequence unrolling from defensive rolled posture.

Robert Thompson / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) female on heather, Eshywulligan, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Andy Sands / Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar larva climbing along Heather stem, Surrey, England, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) male resting amongst grass in the day, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Fox moth {Macrothylacia rubi} resting on heather, UK

Bernard Castelein / Fox moths mating (Macrothylacia rubi) Belgium

Brian Lightfoot / Coiled caterpillar larva of Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) Scotland, UK

Loic Poidevin / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) Vendee, France, September.

Loic Poidevin / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar curled up, Vendee, France, September

Nigel Cattlin / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) female moth with eggs on silver birch (Betula pendula) England, UK.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) Orvieto, Umbria, Italy