Marbled Carpet Moth

Dysstroma truncata

The Marbled Carpet Moth is a beautiful insect with soft, colorful wings. It loves to hide in gardens and fields, blending in with the flowers and leaves.

Lebensraum: Gardens and fields

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The Marbled Carpet Moth has highly variable wings, often featuring intricate marbled patterns of grey, brown, and reddish-brown, sometimes with green or blackish tones. A distinct angled line usually crosses its forewings. These complex patterns help it blend seamlessly into natural environments.

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Marbled Carpet Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Even though they fly at night, they navigate using moonlight and natural signals.

Its caterpillars are champion munchers, feasting on leaves from many different trees.

Sometimes, finding two exactly alike Marbled Carpet Moths is almost impossible!

This moth's patterns can be so varied, it almost looks like a different species each time!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Marbled Carpet Moth has highly variable wing patterns that help them blend perfectly with tree bark or foliage.

Marbled Carpet Moth can fly and forage in the dark, using sensory organs to find flowers and mates at night.

Marbled Carpet Moth can detect tiny amounts of pheromones, which helps them locate potential mates over long distances.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 28-38 mm
Größe: 10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar from flowers; caterpillars are plant-eating leaf munchers.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat plant leaves, while adult moths primarily drink nectar from flowers.

Hauptnahrung

nectar
birch leaves
willow leaves
hawthorn leaves
apple leaves

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

Larvae munch its leaves for growth.

eats

Goat Willow

Salix caprea

Caterpillars feed on its nutritious leaves.

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats hunt adult moths at night.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Birds forage for caterpillars and moths.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

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Farbenfroh

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Getarnt

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Grasland

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