Guy Edwardes / Rosy footman moth (Miltochrista miniata) on leaf, Uplyme, Devon, England, July

Guy Edwardes / Rosy footman moth (Miltochrista miniata) on leaf, Uplyme, Devon, England, July

Pete Oxford / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Nick Upton / Common Footman moth (Eilema lurideola) resting on leaf in Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Steve Gettle / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma sp), Costa Rica

Steve Gettle / Footman Moth (Halysidota sp), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma teuthras) with aposematic coloration, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma teuthras) with aposematic coloration, Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma teuthras), Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Scape Moth (Idalus sp), about 35mm long, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Footman Moth (Epimolis creon), Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma sp), Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Footman Moth (Procalypta victorina), Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Footman Moth (Homoeocera gigantea), Cartago, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Nymphalid Butterfly (Mechanitis sp), Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Nymphalid Butterfly (Hyposcada sp), Tiger Heliconian (Heliconius ismenius), Nymphali...

Alex Hyde / Common footman moth (Eilema lurideola).

Chien Lee / Footman Moth (Areas galactina), Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Footman Moth (Amata huebneri) pair mating, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia

Adrian Davies / Four Spotted Footman Moth (Lithosia quadra) male at rest on lichen, Devon, England

Pete Oxford / Footman Moth (Amaxia sp) camouflaged on decaying leaf, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Robert Thompson / Red-necked footman moth (Atolmis rubricollis) resting on grass, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / Rosy footman moth (Miltochrista miniata) UK

Robert Thompson / Four-spotted footman moth (Lithosia quadra) resting on lichen covered bark, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, April

James Christensen / Footman Moth (Cosmosoma sp) on a leaf, Mindo, Ecuador

Robert Thompson / Buff footman moth (Ellema depressa) Republic of Ireland

Murray Cooper / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae) caterpillar with long hairs, Amazon, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) butterflies, Valley of the Butterflies, Rhodes, Greece

Ingo Arndt / Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) butterflies, Valley of the Butterflies, Rhodes, Greece

Stephen Dalton / Common footman moth {Eilemia lurideola} in flight towards flower, UK

Robert Thompson / The ornate moth/ Bella moth {Utetheisa ornatrix} feeding on flowers, USA

Robert Thompson / Crimson speckled moth {Utethesia pulchella} from Spain.

Stephen Dalton / Common footman moth (Eilema lurideola) UK

Konrad Wothe / Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata) on leaf, Bavaria, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) moths, Valley of the Butterflies, Rhodes, Greece

Ingo Arndt / Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) moths, Valley of the Butterflies, Rhodes, Greece

Ingo Arndt / Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) moth on flower, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Moth (Setina aurita) on rock, Austria

Thomas Marent / Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars feeding on plant, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), Manu National Park, Peru

PREMAPHOTOS / Common footman moth (Eilema / Lithosia lurideola) feeding from Yarrow flowers, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Footman Moth (Halysidota sp) cryptically colored, against bark of tree, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Tiger Moth (Dysschema leda) is brightly colored to advertise its distastefulness to potential predators, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Rosy footman moth {Miltochrista miniata} England.

Kim Taylor / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) with Red-necked Footman Moth, UK

Jan Vermeer / Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars feeding on Ragwort which is toxic to livestock, Europe

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Footman Moth (Eucyane sp) warning display, secreting noxious, foul foam, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae) long haired caterpillar on twig

Ingo Arndt / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae) long haired caterpillar on twig

Mark Moffett / Silver-spotted Tiger Moth (Lophocampa argentata) caterpillar on Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) branch, Washington

Mark Moffett / Tiger Moth (Amerila astreus) being attacked by Army Ants (Leptogenys diminuta), Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Mark Moffett / Wasp Moth (Ctenuchinae) caterpillar places whorls of its own long stiff hairs around its twig for protection from predatory ants before spinning a cocoon, Peru

Murray Cooper / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), western Andes, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Clear-winged Tiger Moth (Cosmosoma teuthras), Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Robert Thompson / Scarce footman moth (Eilema complana) resting on Bramble leaf, UK

Robert Thompson / Red-necked footman moth (Atolmis rubricollis) two adults resting on plant, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, July

Ingo Arndt / Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) butterflies, Valley of the Butterflies, Rhodes, Greece