Hypercompe permaculata, the many-spotted tiger moth, is a tiger moth of the family Erebidae and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe. It is native to the western United States and parts of northern Mexico. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercompe_permaculata, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jim Johnson)