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

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 / White ermin moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Wiltshire, UK

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

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 / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Scotland, UK, June.

Robert Thompson / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) caterpillar on stem, near Grust, Pyrenees National Park, France, July.

Robert Thompson / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Castlewellan Forest Park, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, May

Robert Thompson / White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Northern Ireland, UK, July

David Tipling / Communal larvae webs of White ermine moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda) on bushes in housing estate, Thetford, Norfolk, UK, May 2009

David Tipling / Communal larvae webs of White ermine moths (Spilosoma lubricipeda) on bushes in housing estate, Thetford, Norfolk, UK, May 2009