Black and orange pest?

[fiveaday]

Anyone got any ideas?

They appear to be isolated to just our cineraria. Although I have just noticed the hollyhock leaf dangling over one has been nibbled too

[fiveaday]

Ah found it.

Cinnabar moth

[burnie]

Rare to see these days as their preferred food, Ragwort is destroyed by owners of horses as it upsets their tummies.

[veggiechicken]

Probably https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.../cinnabar-moth

[BeeHappyFlutterBy]

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

Agree ,with Burnie sadly so rare to see now Fiveaday- Just a thought if you don't want them on your plants perhaps you could find some ragwort to place them on, maybe a local nature reserve or wood?
Obviously,if you do move them dont handle them without gloves on as they are toxic and are know to cause a rash!

BTW Love your signature

[Martin H]

They seem quite happy to eat groundsel, maybe you can spot a patch of that in waste ground and move them.

[Jay22]

If they are rare and they were in my garden I would just leave them personally.

[Nicos]

Stunning moths aren't they?

I've seen a couple in my garden over the years, but not many.
I was utterly stunned by their beauty the first time I spotted one!

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Funnily enough! on my way out of the door at 4.30 this morning, I have two little "Ragwort" seedlings growing in the crack of my front step and clocked two this morning! I'll get up a little earlier tomorrow in the chance I'll get a pic!

[noviceveggrower]

I have found loads of these little things down my allotment and I mean loads. I have just left them alone as I'd never seen them before but googled them and found out what they were. Don't have ragwort at my plot and I found them on various weeds and plants.

[Mr Bones]

Same here, didn't realise they're rare, lots of them on the lotties.

[fiveaday]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth [ATTACH=CONFIG]75886[/ATTACH]

Obviously,if you do move them dont handle them without gloves on as they are toxic and are know to cause a rash!

BTW Love your signature

Oops, before everyone said about them being rare a few of them got "handled", no rash yet!