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Codling Moth

Cydia pomonella

The Codling Moth is a small insect that loves to eat apples! It has beautiful, colorful wings and is often found in gardens and orchards.

Lebensraum: Orchards

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The Codling Moth is a small, mottled grey-brown moth, often featuring a distinct bronze or copper-colored patch with dark lines on the outer edge of each forewing. Its muted coloration helps it blend seamlessly with tree bark. This camouflaged appearance makes it visually different from many brightly colored garden moths.

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Codling Moth
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Codling Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Codling moths are the biggest pest for apples worldwide!

Male moths can smell a female from over a mile away!

Their babies can live inside apples for weeks, eating tunnels!

They spend winter as a caterpillar in a cocoon, waiting for spring!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Expert Blending

Codling Moths have mottled grey-brown wings that help them blend perfectly with tree bark, avoiding hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Scent Signals

Female Codling Moths release invisible scent signals (pheromones) to attract mates from a distance, ensuring new generations.

Fähigkeit

Fruit Fortress

Codling Moth larvae can tunnel deep inside apples, protecting themselves from predators while feeding on the fruit's core.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-20 mm
Größe
8-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-14 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Larvae munch on fruit interiors; adults typically don't feed.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed on developing fruit pulp and seeds, while adults typically do not feed or only sip water.

Hauptnahrung

  • Apples
  • Pears
  • Walnuts
  • Quince
  • Apricots
  • Plums

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Apple

Malus domestica

Larvae bore into and feed on the fruit of this tree.

eats

Common Pear

Pyrus communis

Young moths also attack the fruit of pear trees.

parasitizes

Minute Egg Parasite

Trichogramma minutum

A tiny wasp that lays its eggs inside Codling Moth eggs.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Adult moths and larvae are prey for these insectivorous birds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch moths or caterpillars you find, as they can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Codling Moth?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Codling Moth?

8-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Codling Moth?

7-14 Tage

Was frisst Codling Moth?

Larvae munch on fruit interiors; adults typically don't feed.

Wo findet man Codling Moth normalerweise?

Orchards

Wie jagt Codling Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Codling Moth?

6

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