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Light Emerald

Campaea margaritaria

The Light Emerald is a beautiful moth with bright green wings that look like leaves! It loves to flutter around gardens and forests, especially at night when it’s cooler.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Light Emerald is a pale green moth, often resembling a fresh leaf. Its delicate wings have faint wavy white lines and a distinctive jagged outer edge, making it appear irregular and camouflaged. This coloration helps it blend seamlessly into its leafy surroundings.

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Light Emerald
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Light Emerald

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Light Emerald moths often have short, hairy antennae, not large feathery ones.

Its caterpillars are also green and bumpy, looking just like twigs or leaf stalks!

The beautiful green color of their wings can slowly fade to yellowish as they get older.

These clever moths sometimes taste plants with their feet to find the perfect spot to lay eggs.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Leaf Mimicry

Light Emerald has wavy wing edges and a pale green color that helps them perfectly mimic the shape and shade of a fresh leaf, making them invisible to predators.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

Light Emerald can expertly fly and find food in the dark because of its large, specialized eyes that help them navigate the night sky.

Fähigkeit

Damage Deception

Light Emerald's irregular wing shape and resting posture can make it look like a tattered or half-eaten leaf, deterring birds and other predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-45 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar, while their caterpillars are leaf-munching herbivores.

Altersunterschiede: Adults feed on nectar, while caterpillars feed on the leaves of various trees and shrubs.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • oak leaves
  • birch leaves
  • beech leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Oak

Quercus robur

Caterpillars munch on its leaves.

eats

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

A favored host plant for hungry larvae.

eats

Common Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Larvae feed on its foliage.

eaten by

Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Frequently hunted by bats at night.

eaten by

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

May be eaten by birds during the day.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Light Emerald?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Light Emerald?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Light Emerald?

14-28 Tage

Was frisst Light Emerald?

Adults sip nectar, while their caterpillars are leaf-munching herbivores.

Wo findet man Light Emerald normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Light Emerald?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Light Emerald?

6

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