Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

The Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing is a beautiful moth with yellow and brown wings. It loves to fly around gardens and fields, especially at night when it's cooler.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing has forewings that vary from brown, grey, or reddish-brown with intricate patterns, making it blend in with bark or leaves. Its striking feature is the hindwings, which are bright yellow with a wide, distinct black border, making it visually different from many other moths.

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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

It tastes sweet flower nectar using special sensors on its tiny feet!

It uses a long, straw-like tongue to sip sweet nectar from deep inside flowers!

Its caterpillars are often called cutworms because they snip young plant stems!

This moth can "shiver" its wings really fast to warm up for night flights!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing has bright yellow hindwings that helps them startle predators with a sudden flash of color.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing has drab, patterned forewings that help them blend perfectly with tree bark and foliage during the day.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing can fly and find food in the dark because of its specialized large eyes and keen senses.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing has feathery antennae that helps them detect distant flower scents and potential mates.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 45-60 mm
Größe: 20-25 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-28 Tage
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on a variety of leafy plants.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars eat plant leaves and stems, while adult moths feed solely on liquid nectar.

Hauptnahrung

Nectar
Dock leaves
Dandelion leaves
Plantain leaves
Grass

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Moths are a common food source for nocturnal bats.

eaten by

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Birds prey on moths during their adult and larval stages.

eats

Greater Plantain

Plantago major

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of this common plant.

pollinates

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Adult moths visit flowers, transferring pollen as they feed.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Luftbewohnend

Luftbewohnende Tiere verbringen einen erheblichen Teil ihres Lebens in der Luft und nutzen den Flug für verschiedene Aktivitäten wie Jagd, Wanderungen oder Nestbau.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.