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Coronet

Craniophora ligustri

The Coronet is a beautiful moth with bright colors and unique patterns. It loves to flutter around flowers at night, helping to pollinate them while looking for food.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Coronet is a medium-sized moth with mottled grey and whitish forewings, often featuring distinct black lines and a unique, crown-like white mark near the base. Its hindwings are paler, a soft grey-white. This pattern provides excellent camouflage against tree bark.

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Coronet
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Coronet

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Coronet moths (caterpillars) can be bright green or even reddish with cool yellow stripes.

Its name "Coronet" comes from a crown-like mark on its wing, fitting for royalty!

These moths love to visit garden lights at night, like tiny nocturnal adventurers exploring.

When it's time to change, a Coronet caterpillar builds a strong cocoon from wood chips and silk.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Master

Coronet has a mottled grey pattern that helps them blend perfectly with tree bark, making them hard for predators to spot during the day.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

Coronet can fly and find food at night because it has special vision adapted for low light, helping them avoid daytime dangers.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Sipper

Coronet has a long, tube-like proboscis that helps them reach deep inside flowers to sip sweet nectar, giving them energy.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-42 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
18 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult Coronet moths sip flower nectar, while their caterpillars munch on tree leaves.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed on leaves of deciduous trees, while adult moths feed on nectar from various flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Ash leaves
  • Privet leaves
  • Lilac leaves
  • Wild Olive leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

European Ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Caterpillars feed on its leaves.

depends on

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Caterpillars also eat leaves from this shrub.

eaten by

Brown Long-eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

Adult moths are hunted by nocturnal bats.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Birds often prey on its caterpillars.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are gentle creatures, but it's best to observe them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Coronet?

35-42 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Coronet?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Coronet?

7-14 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Coronet?

18 km/h

Was frisst Coronet?

Adult Coronet moths sip flower nectar, while their caterpillars munch on tree leaves.

Wo findet man Coronet normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Coronet?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Coronet?

6

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