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Cotton Bollworm Moth

Helicoverpa armigera

The Cotton Bollworm Moth is a small, colorful moth that loves to fly around gardens and fields. It has beautiful wings that can be brown or green, making it look like a tiny piece of nature's art!

Lebensraum: Fields and gardens

Aussehen

The Cotton Bollworm Moth has dull yellowish-brown or olive-green forewings, often marked with faint dark spots or a band. Its hindwings are paler with a distinct dark band along the edge, making it blend well with plants.

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Cotton Bollworm Moth
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Cotton Bollworm Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It can eat over 180 different kinds of plants, from cotton to tomatoes!

Its caterpillars are one of the world's most notorious crop pests, causing billions in damage!

Some of these moths have developed resistance to common pesticides, making them super tough.

The caterpillar is called a 'bollworm' because it often bores into cotton bolls!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Chemical Sniffer

Cotton Bollworm Moth can smell tiny chemical signals with its antennae, helping it find the perfect plants to lay eggs on.

Fähigkeit

Night Flight

Cotton Bollworm Moth can fly long distances in the dark, using the night to search for new food sources or mates.

Fähigkeit

Survival Camouflage

Cotton Bollworm Moth has dull colors and patterns that help it blend perfectly into plants, hiding from hungry predators.

Fähigkeit

Tough Eater

Its caterpillar stage can eat many plant types and sometimes even resist poisons, making it a very tricky pest for farmers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-40 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-23 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
5-15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch on plant parts, while adult moths sip nectar.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars consume plant tissues; adults primarily feed on nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Cotton
  • Corn
  • Tomatoes
  • Chickpeas
  • Sorghum
  • Tobacco

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Upland Cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Its caterpillars cause significant damage to cotton bolls.

eaten by

Corn

Zea mays

Caterpillars bore into corn kernels and stalks, damaging crops.

eaten by

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

A common target for the larvae, which feed on tomato fruits.

parasitizes

Parasitoid Wasp

Trichogramma pretiosum

This tiny wasp lays its eggs inside the bollworm's eggs.

hunts

Green Lacewing

Chrysoperla carnea

Lacewing larvae are important predators of bollworm eggs and young caterpillars.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch moths or caterpillars you find outside; they might not like it!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Cotton Bollworm Moth?

30-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Cotton Bollworm Moth?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Cotton Bollworm Moth?

10-23 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Cotton Bollworm Moth?

5-15 km/h

Was frisst Cotton Bollworm Moth?

Caterpillars munch on plant parts, while adult moths sip nectar.

Wo findet man Cotton Bollworm Moth normalerweise?

Fields and gardens

Wie jagt Cotton Bollworm Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Cotton Bollworm Moth?

6

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