Hi Rachel,

I had the same question as you regarding this moth, which I noticed while out there setting some surveys up (and spending some time chasing chats and stuff) in mid-May. Russell Link mentioned to me that the description of the moth sounds like a Cinnabar moth, an introduction to control ragwort. It is an Arctiid moth, as William mentions. There are tons of them out there, maybe this is what you saw?

Here is a wiki link with some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth

Cheers,
Chris Anderson
Seattle
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