Which British aircraft company produced the 'Tiger Moth', 'Mosquito' and 'Comet'?
De Havilland Tiger Moth a scaled-down version of the DH.51, designated the "DH.60" de Havilland Gipsy Moth. The starting point for the Tiger Moth was, in fact, the successful Gypsy Tiger. Successively more capable engines had been developed, and the company had produced a prototype to test the new de Havilland Gipsy III engine. This prototype, a low-wing monoplane, was initially a modification of the standard Gypsy Tiger; it later became the first aircraft to be referred to as the "Tiger Moth". Improvements made on the Tiger Moth monoplane were first incorporated into a military trainer variant of the de Havilland DH.60 Moth, designated
Comet moth moth cannot feed and only lives for 4 to 5 days. Although endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, the comet moth has been bred in captivity. In its natural habit, larvae feed on "Weinmania eriocampa", "Uapaca" species, "Eugenia cuneifolia" and "Sclerocarya caffra". Substitution plants are "Rhus cotinus", "Eucalyptus gunnii", "Pistacia terebinthus", "Pistacia lentiscus", "Rhus copallina", "Rhus laurina", "Rhus toxicodendron", "Rhus typhina", "Schinus molle", "Schinus terebinthifolius", "Mimosa" species and "Liquidambar styraciflua". This moths figures on the former banknote of 1000 Malagasy ariary. Comet moth The comet moth or Madagascan moon moth ("Argema mittrei") is a moth native to the