Cretan Tiger Moth vs New Zealand Peripatus

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Cretan Tiger Moth New Zealand Peripatus
Scientific Name Euplagia quadripunctaria rhodosensis Peripatoides novaezealandiae
Order Lepidoptera Onychophora
Family Erebidae Peripatopsidae
Size 42-52 mm wingspan 30-80 mm
Habitat Rivers & Streams Rivers & Streams
Diet Herbivores Wood Feeders
Regions Crete, Rhodes, Mediterranean Islands Oceania (New Zealand)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Cretan Tiger Moth

A colorful tiger moth found on Mediterranean islands including Crete and Rhodes. It has black-and-white striped forewings and red-orange hindwings.

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Did You Know?

Thousands gather in the Valley of the Butterflies on Rhodes each summer to aestivate.

New Zealand Peripatus

A velvet worm native to New Zealand, representing one of the most ancient terrestrial animal lineages. Although not an insect, it is closely related and is a fascinating part of New Zealand's invertebrate fauna. It captures prey by shooting streams of sticky slime.

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Did You Know?

Velvet worms shoot jets of quick-hardening slime up to 30 centimetres to entangle prey, a hunting technique virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.