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Mottled Umber

Erannis defoliaria

The Mottled Umber is a pretty moth with soft, brown wings that look like tree bark. It loves to rest on trees during the day and comes out at night to fly around.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Mottled Umber is a moth with males displaying yellowish-brown to grey-brown wings patterned with darker, wavy bands and speckles, providing excellent camouflage. Females are distinctly different, being virtually wingless with small, stubby wing pads, giving them a spider-like appearance as they crawl.

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Mottled Umber
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Mottled Umber

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Brrr! This moth is one of the few insects you might spot flying on chilly winter nights.

Imagine! Its caterpillars can strip whole trees bare, eating hundreds of leaves in spring.

Sniff-Sniff! Male Mottled Umbers use their feathery antennae to smell females from far away.

Wow! Moths usually fly, but female Mottled Umbers must crawl to find their mates.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Wingless Wanderer

Mottled Umber females have tiny, vestigial wings because of genetics that helps them crawl and lay eggs without flying.

Fähigkeit

Bark Blending

Mottled Umber has mottled brown and grey wings that helps them disappear against tree bark, hiding from hungry birds and bats.

Fähigkeit

Winter Survivor Eggs

Mottled Umber lays eggs in late autumn because of a special adaptation that helps them survive winter and hatch in spring.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-45 mm
Größe
12-18 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
8 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Its hungry caterpillars munch on tree leaves, helping recycle nutrients in forests.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat leaves, while adult moths rarely feed or only sip nectar/water.

Hauptnahrung

  • Oak leaves
  • Birch leaves
  • Hawthorn leaves
  • Hazel leaves
  • Beech leaves
  • Rowan leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Great Tit

Parus major

larvae are a food source for young birds

eaten by

Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur

caterpillars defoliate its leaves in spring

eaten by

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

a favourite food tree for hungry caterpillars

hunts

Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

adult moths are prey for this small bat

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Mottled Umber?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Mottled Umber?

12-18 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Mottled Umber?

10-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Mottled Umber?

8 km/h

Was frisst Mottled Umber?

Its hungry caterpillars munch on tree leaves, helping recycle nutrients in forests.

Wo findet man Mottled Umber normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Mottled Umber?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Mottled Umber?

6

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