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Red-washed Prominent

Oedemasia semirufescens

The Red-washed Prominent is a colorful caterpillar that turns into a beautiful moth. It has bright red and yellow colors that help it blend in with flowers and leaves.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Red-washed Prominent is a stout-bodied moth with distinctive reddish-brown forewings, often marked by a darker, angled line. Its hindwings are paler gray, and it typically displays a tuft of raised scales on its thorax, giving it a bumpy appearance.

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Red-washed Prominent
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Red-washed Prominent

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult moths have short lives, often not eating after emerging!

It spends winter safely as a pupa underground, waiting for spring!

Its 'prominent' name comes from unique tufts of scales on its wings!

The caterpillar often has a humped back, looking quirky as it crawls!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Twig Mimicry

Red-washed Prominent caterpillars can look just like broken twigs, helping them hide perfectly from hungry birds and other predators.

Fähigkeit

Defensive Display

The caterpillar can rear up its front end and curl its tail when threatened, making itself look much bigger and scarier.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

As a moth, it flies mostly at night, using its excellent sense of smell to find mates and navigate in the dark.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-50 mm
Größe
20-30 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-20 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
8 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars are leaf-eaters, while adult moths rarely feed.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars actively feed on leaves, but adult moths have vestigial mouthparts and may not feed at all.

Hauptnahrung

  • oak leaves
  • birch leaves
  • maple leaves
  • elm leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jays often hunt caterpillars and moths.

hunts

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats hunt adult moths in the night sky.

eats

White Oak

Quercus alba

Caterpillars munch on oak tree leaves.

parasitizes

Tachinid fly

Compsilura concinnata

An introduced fly parasitizes caterpillars.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch insects, as some can be delicate or have special defenses.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red-washed Prominent?

35-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Red-washed Prominent?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-washed Prominent?

7-20 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Red-washed Prominent?

8 km/h

Was frisst Red-washed Prominent?

Caterpillars are leaf-eaters, while adult moths rarely feed.

Wo findet man Red-washed Prominent normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Red-washed Prominent?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Red-washed Prominent?

6

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