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Silver Cloud

Egira conspicillaris

The Silver Cloud is a beautiful moth with silver-gray wings that look like soft clouds. It flutters around at night, bringing a little magic to the dark.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Silver Cloud is a medium-sized moth with greyish-brown forewings, often featuring a distinctive, pale, kidney-shaped mark. This central mark sometimes has a darker outline, giving it a cloudy appearance. Its hindwings are paler, typically a uniform grey.

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Silver Cloud
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Silver Cloud

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It helps wildflowers by carrying pollen from flower to flower.

Its caterpillar can change color to match the plants it's eating!

The Silver Cloud moth uses fuzzy scales to stay warm on cool nights!

This moth has special 'ears' on its chest to hear bat squeaks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bark Blender

Silver Cloud can disappear against tree bark because its mottled grey-brown wings mimic natural textures, helping it hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Night Navigator

Silver Cloud can find its way in the dark because it possesses excellent night vision and senses for locating food and mates after sunset.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Sipper

Silver Cloud has a long, coiled proboscis that helps it sip sweet nectar from deep within flowers, fueling its nightly flights.

Fähigkeit

Pheromone Finder

Silver Cloud can find mates over long distances because females release tiny chemical signals that males detect with their antennae.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-45 mm
Größe
12-18 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-21 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Its caterpillars munch on plants, while the adults enjoy sweet flower nectar!

Altersunterschiede: Yes, caterpillars eat plant leaves, but adults primarily drink nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • tree leaves
  • shrub leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Greater Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis myotis

Hunts moths, including Silver Clouds, at night.

eats

Great Tit

Parus major

Forages for moth caterpillars and adults.

eats

English Oak

Quercus robur

Larva feeds on the leaves of this tree.

pollinates

European Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Adult moths visit and pollinate its flowers.

Merkmale

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Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are gentle creatures, but it's best to observe them without touching.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Silver Cloud?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Silver Cloud?

12-18 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Silver Cloud?

7-21 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Silver Cloud?

12 km/h

Was frisst Silver Cloud?

Its caterpillars munch on plants, while the adults enjoy sweet flower nectar!

Wo findet man Silver Cloud normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Silver Cloud?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Silver Cloud?

6

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