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Beautiful Hook-tip

Laspeyria flexula

The Beautiful Hook-tip is a lovely moth with unique hook-shaped wings. It blends in with leaves, making it hard to spot in nature. This special insect is a nighttime flyer, fluttering around under the moonlight.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Beautiful Hook-tip is a small, sooty-grey to brownish-black moth with a velvety appearance. Its forewings feature distinct wavy cross-lines and somewhat angular tips, setting it apart from uniformly dark moths.

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Beautiful Hook-tip
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Beautiful Hook-tip

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult moths have a special proboscis to sip dew and tree sap for energy.

It belongs to the Erebidae, a huge moth family with over 10,000 species!

Its amazing camouflage helps it hide perfectly on dark tree bark during the day.

Unlike most caterpillars, the young of this moth munch on tiny fungi and lichens, not green leaves!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bark Camouflage

Beautiful Hook-tip has dark, mottled wings that help them blend perfectly onto tree bark and rocks, hiding from predators.

Fähigkeit

Fungus Eater

Its caterpillars can digest lichens and fungi, a rare diet that helps them find food where other insects can't.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

Beautiful Hook-tip can fly and find food at night, helping them avoid daytime predators like birds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-25 mm
Größe
8-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Its caterpillars eat fungi and lichens, while adults sip liquids like sap and dew.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat lichens and fungi; adults primarily sip liquids.

Hauptnahrung

  • Lichens
  • Fungi
  • Tree sap
  • Dew

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Greater Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis myotis

Hunts adults during its night flights.

eaten by

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Forages for moths resting on tree bark.

eats

Common Orange Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Larvae consume this lichen growing on trees.

eats

Shield Lichen

Parmelia sulcata

Its caterpillars also feed on this widespread lichen.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch insects, as some can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Beautiful Hook-tip?

20-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Beautiful Hook-tip?

8-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Beautiful Hook-tip?

10-20 Tage

Was frisst Beautiful Hook-tip?

Its caterpillars eat fungi and lichens, while adults sip liquids like sap and dew.

Wo findet man Beautiful Hook-tip normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Beautiful Hook-tip?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Beautiful Hook-tip?

6

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