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Pale Brindled Beauty

Phigalia pilosaria

The Pale Brindled Beauty is a special moth with soft, furry wings that look like they are painted with light colors. They love to hide in trees and bushes during the day and come out at night to flutter around.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Pale Brindled Beauty male moth has pale greyish-white wings with faint, brindled (streaky) dark markings, helping it blend with tree bark. Unusually, the female is wingless and has a stout, grey body with darker spots, making her look quite different from the male.

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Pale Brindled Beauty
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Pale Brindled Beauty

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female moths climb trees and release a special scent to attract faraway mates.

Its caterpillars can perfectly mimic twigs to hide from birds!

The female moth looks so unusual, she's often mistaken for a spider!

This moth flies on cold winter nights, when almost no other insects are awake!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bark Camouflage

Pale Brindled Beauty males have streaky wings that help them disappear against tree bark, protecting them from hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Wingless Wonder

The female Pale Brindled Beauty is wingless, which helps her save energy for laying many eggs and avoid aerial predators.

Fähigkeit

Winter Survivor

Pale Brindled Beauty adults emerge in late winter or early spring, allowing them to find mates before other insects awaken.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-45 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch on tree leaves; adult moths do not eat at all!

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars are herbivores, feeding on tree leaves. Adult moths do not feed.

Hauptnahrung

  • Oak leaves
  • Birch leaves
  • Elm leaves
  • Sallow leaves
  • Fruit tree leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

English Oak

Quercus robur

Caterpillars feast on its leaves.

eaten by

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

A primary food source for caterpillars.

eats

Great Tit

Parus major

Birds enjoy eating the camouflaged caterpillars.

eats

Noctule Bat

Nyctalus noctula

Hunts the flying adult moths at night.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are usually safe to watch, but don't touch them as they can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Pale Brindled Beauty?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Pale Brindled Beauty?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pale Brindled Beauty?

10-20 Tage

Was frisst Pale Brindled Beauty?

Caterpillars munch on tree leaves; adult moths do not eat at all!

Wo findet man Pale Brindled Beauty normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Pale Brindled Beauty?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Pale Brindled Beauty?

6

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