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Apple Ermine

Yponomeuta malinellus

The Apple Ermine is a small, fluffy caterpillar that loves to munch on apple leaves. It turns into a beautiful white moth with black spots. You can often find it in gardens and orchards!

Lebensraum: Gardens and orchards

Aussehen

The Apple Ermine moth is small with pure white wings adorned with numerous tiny, evenly spaced black dots, making it look almost polka-dotted. Its body is slender and white. The caterpillar is yellowish-grey with a shiny black head and black spots on its segments.

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Apple Ermine
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Apple Ermine

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female moths lay their tiny eggs inside a special protective 'shield' that hardens like glue!

Once, they made so many webs, they completely blanketed trees, looking like snow!

Their caterpillars can totally cover an apple tree in a giant, spooky-looking silk web!

These moths are called 'ermine' because their spotted wings remind people of fancy ermine fur coats!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Silk Fortress Builders

Apple Ermine caterpillars can spin huge silken webs that protect their entire community from predators and harsh weather.

Fähigkeit

Teamwork Tummy Power

Apple Ermine caterpillars eat together in large groups, which helps them strip leaves from trees much faster than eating alone.

Fähigkeit

Spotlight Dodgers

The adult moth has pure white wings with tiny black dots, providing camouflage that helps it blend in at night.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
16-20 mm
Größe
8-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
42-63 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
5-10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
50-200

Ernährung und Fütterung

Apple Ermine caterpillars munch on apple leaves, while adult moths do not eat at all!

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars are voracious leaf- eaters, but adult moths do not feed.

Hauptnahrung

  • Malus domestica leaves
  • Malus baccata leaves
  • Crataegus leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Apple Tree

Malus domestica

Caterpillars feed on its leaves, causing defoliation.

parasitizes

Ermine Moth Parasitoid Wasp

Ageniaspis fuscicollis

This tiny wasp lays its eggs inside Apple Ermine caterpillars.

eats

Great Tit

Parus major

Great Tits are common birds that prey on Apple Ermine caterpillars.

Merkmale

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Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Apple Ermine?

16-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Apple Ermine?

8-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Apple Ermine?

42-63 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Apple Ermine?

5-10 km/h

Was frisst Apple Ermine?

Apple Ermine caterpillars munch on apple leaves, while adult moths do not eat at all!

Wo findet man Apple Ermine normalerweise?

Gardens and orchards

Wie jagt Apple Ermine?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Apple Ermine?

6

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