Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

The Large Yellow Underwing is a big, beautiful moth with bright yellow wings. It loves to fly around at night and can be found in gardens and fields, making it a fun sight for night-time explorers!

Lebensraum: Urban areas, gardens, fields

Aussehen

The Large Yellow Underwing has dull, patterned brown or grey forewings, which act as camouflage against tree bark. Its vibrant yellow hindwings, revealed during flight, are edged with a broad black band. This striking contrast makes it visually unique.

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Large Yellow Underwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Its caterpillars are nicknamed "cutworms" because they sometimes chew through young plant stems at ground level!

Some of these moths travel huge distances, flying across oceans or continents like tiny adventurers!

The Large Yellow Underwing can hear bats using special organs on its chest, helping it avoid becoming dinner!

This moth helps many night-blooming flowers make seeds by carrying their pollen from plant to plant.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Large Yellow Underwing can startle predators with its bright yellow hindwings that flash open when threatened, creating confusion.

Large Yellow Underwing flies actively after dark, using its keen senses to locate flowers for nectar and find mates in the shadows.

Large Yellow Underwing has hardy caterpillars that can feed and grow throughout the winter months, even in cold conditions.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 45-60 mm
Größe: 25-30 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 10-20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult moths sip flower nectar, while their caterpillars munch on leaves and stems of various plants.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars are herbivores eating leaves and roots, while adult moths are nectarivores.

Hauptnahrung

flower nectar
grasses
cabbage
lettuce
dandelion
plantain

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

A nocturnal hunter that preys on flying moths like the Large Yellow Underwing.

pollinates

Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

As they drink nectar, adult moths transfer pollen between these fragrant night flowers.

eats

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Caterpillars munch on the leaves of various garden vegetables, including lettuce.

eaten by

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Blue Tits feed their chicks many caterpillars, including this moth's larvae.

Merkmale

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Farbenfroh

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

Pflanzenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.

Sprinter

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, die bei der Jagd, Flucht oder Fortbewegung eine außergewöhnliche Schnelligkeit aufweisen.

Stadtangepasst

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal weist auf Arten hin, die in städtischen und vorstädtischen Umgebungen mit Menschen zusammenleben können und von Menschen geschaffene Strukturen sowie Grünflächen nutzen.