Nigel Cattlin / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) resting on bark.

David Fleetham / Hawaiian fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma) Maui, Hawaii. Endemic.

Chris Mattison / Buff ermine moth (Spilosoma lutea) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) on white background Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May. Focus-stacked image.

David Kjaer / Buff ermin moth (Spilosoma luteum) female, Wiltshire, UK

David Kjaer / White ermin moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Wiltshire, UK

David Kjaer / White ermin moths (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Wiltshire, UK

Cyril Ruoso / Spotted ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) gathering grass for nest, South Texas, USA, April.

Cyril Ruoso / Spotted ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) South Texas, USA, April.

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Eyed hawk moth (Sphinx occelata) and White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) and food plant, from the Aurelian by Moses Harris, 1776.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Buff ermine moth (Spilarctia luteum) Scotland, UK, June.