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Salt Marsh Moth

Estigmene acrea

The Salt Marsh Moth is a beautiful insect with soft, fuzzy wings. It loves to fly around in warm weather and can often be found near salt marshes, where it lays its eggs.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Salt Marsh Moth has fuzzy, white forewings often spotted with black, and bright orange-yellow hindwings that also feature black spots. Its body is yellow or orange with black markings, making it stand out from many plain white moths.

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Salt Marsh Moth
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Salt Marsh Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult moths don't eat at all; they live off energy stored as caterpillars!

Caterpillars grow by shedding their skin many times, like changing outfits!

Its caterpillar is called a 'Woolly Bear' and can survive cold by freezing!

Some caterpillars can munch through hundreds of leaves in their lifetime!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bristly Bodyguard

Salt Marsh Moth caterpillars are covered in stiff hairs that help protect them from predators who might try to eat them.

Fähigkeit

Toxic Taste

Salt Marsh Moth caterpillars can eat poisonous plants and store toxins, making them unappetizing to birds and other predators.

Fähigkeit

Flashy Warning

Adult Salt Marsh Moths have bright hindwings that they flash to startle predators, giving them a chance to escape quickly.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-60 mm
Größe
15-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars are plant-eaters, munching on many kinds of leaves, while adult moths do not eat.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars eat many plants, but adult moths do not feed, relying on stored energy.

Hauptnahrung

  • dandelion
  • plantain
  • ragweed
  • sunflower
  • clover
  • corn

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats hunt adult moths at night using echolocation.

eaten by

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Birds often snatch caterpillars and adult moths for a meal.

depends on

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Caterpillars munch on leaves of dandelions and other common weeds.

eaten by

Tachinid Fly

Exorista larvarum

Tachinid flies lay eggs on caterpillars, which are then eaten by the fly larvae.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are generally safe, but it's best to look and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Salt Marsh Moth?

40-60 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Salt Marsh Moth?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Salt Marsh Moth?

5-10 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Salt Marsh Moth?

15 km/h

Was frisst Salt Marsh Moth?

Caterpillars are plant-eaters, munching on many kinds of leaves, while adult moths do not eat.

Wo findet man Salt Marsh Moth normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Salt Marsh Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Salt Marsh Moth?

6

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