[Moths East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Ranchman's Tiger Moth

Platyprepia virginalis

Caterpillar of Ranchman's Tiger Moth (Platyprepia virginalis) - Ranchman's Tiger Moth (Platyprepia virginalis)

Ranchman's tiger moth as seen at left along the west bank of the John Day River about one and one-half miles downstream of the Cottonwood Canyon State Park campground.........April 6, 2015. The photo at right shows the larva of Racnman's tiger moth munching on the inflorescence of a tarweed (Amsinckia sp.) along the west bank of the John Day River about one miles upstream of the Hardstone Trail trailhead, Cottonwood Canyon State Park.....April 24, 2022.

Ranchman's Tiger Moth (Platyprepia virginalis)

Ranchman's tiger moth as seen munching upon silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus) along the Rimrock Springs Trail #850, Crooked River National Grasslands.........May 20, 2017.

Paul Slichter