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St. Lawrence Tiger Moth

Arctia parthenos

The St. Lawrence Tiger Moth is a fuzzy, colorful insect that loves to fly at night. Its beautiful orange and black patterns help it blend in with flowers and leaves.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The St. Lawrence Tiger Moth has jet-black forewings with bold, irregular creamy-white patterns, strikingly different from its bright red-orange hindwings marked with large black spots. Its body is fuzzy and dark with red-orange bands.

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St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
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St. Lawrence Tiger Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult moths often don't eat, living off energy stored from their caterpillar days.

If disturbed, this moth drops and plays dead, surprising predators.

Its brilliant hindwing colors are hidden until it flies, startling attackers!

Its scientific name, Arctia, means "bear," just like its fuzzy caterpillar looks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Warning Colors

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth has bright wing colors to warn predators, because its body tastes very bad.

Fähigkeit

Sound Detection

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth can hear high-pitched bat sounds, helping it quickly dodge aerial attacks from hungry predators.

Fähigkeit

Winter Survivor

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth caterpillars can freeze solid and thaw, producing natural antifreeze to survive winter.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
45-60 mm
Größe
15-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10-20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch on plant leaves, while adult moths usually don't eat.

Altersunterschiede: Young caterpillars eat leaves; adults typically do not feed.

Hauptnahrung

  • dandelions
  • plantains
  • clover
  • broadleaf plants

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Larvae consume the broad leaves of this common plant.

eats

Common Plantain

Plantago major

Larvae eat the leaves, especially broadleaf varieties.

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats actively hunt and consume adult moths using echolocation.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Birds prey on both the adult moths and the slow-moving caterpillars.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch moths without asking an adult, as some can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

45-60 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

7-14 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

10-20 km/h

Was frisst St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

Caterpillars munch on plant leaves, while adult moths usually don't eat.

Wo findet man St. Lawrence Tiger Moth normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von St. Lawrence Tiger Moth?

6

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