This moth resting quietly on one of my courgette plants is a Scarlet Tiger Moth. It's called scarlet tiger because when it flies the scarlet hind wings flash an improbable red, looking almost tropical.
Photo: Patrick Clement, Butterfly Conservation
Also on the Butterfly Conservation website is a photo of the Garden Tiger Moth, which is similar but more orange, when it reveals its hindwings, and with a different pattern on the forewings.
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