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Fall Cankerworm Moth

Alsophila pometaria

The Fall Cankerworm Moth is a small moth that comes out in the fall. It has soft wings and is often seen fluttering around trees, especially apple trees!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Fall Cankerworm Moth's male has mottled, brownish-gray forewings and lighter hindwings, sometimes with a darker band. Females are distinctively wingless, with a small, spider-like gray body, often resembling a tiny knot on a tree branch.

ReichAnimaliaStammArthropodaKlasseInsectaOrdnungLepidopteraFamilieGeometridaeGattungAlsophila
Fall Cankerworm Moth
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Fall Cankerworm Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Mass outbreaks of caterpillars can completely strip forests bare of leaves!

Only male Fall Cankerworm Moths have wings and can fly!

Their caterpillars are called 'inchworms' because of their unique looping walk.

Wingless females crawl up trees to lay their eggs in the canopy!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Silk Spinner

Fall Cankerworm Moth caterpillars can drop from trees on a silk thread to escape predators or move to new leaves.

Fähigkeit

Branch Mimicry

Their caterpillars can vary in color from green to brown, allowing them to perfectly blend in with twigs and leaves.

Fähigkeit

Wingless Climber

Female Fall Cankerworm Moths are unique because they have no wings, which helps them conserve energy to crawl up trees.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-35 mm
Größe
7-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-21 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
5 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

As caterpillars, they munch on tree leaves; adults don't need to eat!

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars are voracious leaf-eaters, while adult moths do not feed.

Hauptnahrung

  • Oak leaves
  • Elm leaves
  • Maple leaves
  • Apple leaves
  • Cherry leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Caterpillars feed on its leaves during spring.

eats

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Caterpillars are known to defoliate its leaves.

eaten by

Black-capped Chickadee

Parus atricapillus

Birds prey on both cankerworm caterpillars and adult moths.

parasitizes

Cankerworm Egg Parasitoid

Telenomus alsophilae

Tiny wasps lay eggs inside cankerworm moth eggs.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch these moths from a distance and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Fall Cankerworm Moth?

25-35 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Fall Cankerworm Moth?

7-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Fall Cankerworm Moth?

7-21 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Fall Cankerworm Moth?

5 km/h

Was frisst Fall Cankerworm Moth?

As caterpillars, they munch on tree leaves; adults don't need to eat!

Wo findet man Fall Cankerworm Moth normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Fall Cankerworm Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Fall Cankerworm Moth?

6

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