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Maple Prominent

Ptilodon cucullina

The Maple Prominent is a beautiful moth with soft, furry wings. It loves to flutter around trees, especially maple trees, where it can blend in and hide from predators.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Maple Prominent is a medium-sized moth, typically brownish-grey, with wavy darker lines across its forewings. It has a distinctive raised tuft of scales on its back that helps it resemble a dried leaf, making it blend into its surroundings.

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Maple Prominent
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Maple Prominent

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female Maple Prominent moths release a special scent called a pheromone to attract males from far away!

Its caterpillar stage has unusual humps and knobs, looking quite alien before it turns into a moth!

The adult moth doesn't eat solid food; it sips flower nectar using a long straw-like tongue.

They spend many cold months asleep as a pupa, hidden underground or in leaf litter, waiting for spring.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Leafy Disguise

Maple Prominent has wing patterns and a body shape that helps them perfectly mimic dried leaves.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

Maple Prominent can fly and find flowers in the dark because of their excellent night vision.

Fähigkeit

Chemical Shield

Maple Prominent caterpillars can sometimes spray an acidic fluid because of specialized glands that help deter predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-45 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
180-270 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch maple leaves, while adult moths prefer to sip sugary nectar from flowers.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars eat leaves of various trees, while adult moths feed only on flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Maple leaves
  • Honeysuckle nectar
  • Willow leaves
  • Oak leaves
  • Ash leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Caterpillars feed on its leaves.

eaten by

Greater Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis myotis

Adult moths are a food source.

eats

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Birds prey on the caterpillars.

pollinates

Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Adults visit its flowers for nectar.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch moths from a distance and don't touch them, as they can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Maple Prominent?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Maple Prominent?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Maple Prominent?

180-270 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Maple Prominent?

10 km/h

Was frisst Maple Prominent?

Caterpillars munch maple leaves, while adult moths prefer to sip sugary nectar from flowers.

Wo findet man Maple Prominent normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Maple Prominent?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Maple Prominent?

6

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