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

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

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

Simon Colmer / Buff ermine (Spilosoma luteum) caterpillar on clematis. UK. September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Buff ermine moth (Spilarctia luteum) Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Alex Hyde / Buff Ermine moth (Spilosoma luteum) male, on a white background in a mobile field studio. Devon, UK. June.

Andy Sands / Caterpillar larva of Buff Ermine (Spilarctia luteum), the only British caterpillar to feed on Bracken, South Wales, UK, August

Robin Chittenden / Buff ermine moth (Spilosoma lutea) resting on lichen covered rock, Somerset, UK. June. Focus stacked image.

Robert Thompson / Buff ermine moth (Spilosoma lutea) resting on Lupin in garden, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. June.