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Tawny Crescent

Phyciodes batesii

The Tawny Crescent is a beautiful butterfly with orange and brown wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in sunny places during warm days.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Tawny Crescent is a small butterfly with a wingspan of about an inch. Its upper wings are a vibrant tawny orange, heavily marked with black lines and small, dark spots. A distinctive row of pale crescent shapes can be seen along the hindwing margins, setting it apart.

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Tawny Crescent
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Tawny Crescent

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Tawny Crescents love sunshine and are most active on warm, bright days!

Baby Tawny Crescents munch on aster leaves, growing strong before becoming butterflies!

The 'crescent' in their name comes from pale moon shapes on their hindwings!

They spend the winter as caterpillars, tucked away until spring arrives!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Master of Disguise

Tawny Crescents have tawny orange and black wing patterns that help them blend into flowery meadows, making it harder for predators to spot them.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Sipper

Tawny Crescents possess a long, straw-like proboscis that allows them to reach deep inside flowers to drink sugary nectar for energy.

Fähigkeit

Caterpillar Camouflage

Their caterpillars are often cryptically colored, allowing them to hide on their host plants and avoid hungry birds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-35 mm
Größe
12-18 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-21 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on leaves to grow big!

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars eat plant leaves; adult butterflies drink flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • flower nectar
  • aster leaves
  • goldenrod leaves
  • sunflower leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Blue jays prey on butterflies and their caterpillars.

pollinates

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Adults transfer pollen as they sip nectar from aster flowers.

hunts

Ringed Paper Wasp

Polistes annularis

Wasps can capture and feed butterflies or their larvae.

depends on

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of this common plant for growth.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and watch butterflies from a distance so they don't get scared.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Tawny Crescent?

25-35 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Tawny Crescent?

12-18 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Tawny Crescent?

14-21 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Tawny Crescent?

12 km/h

Was frisst Tawny Crescent?

Adults sip sweet flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on leaves to grow big!

Wo findet man Tawny Crescent normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Tawny Crescent?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Tawny Crescent?

6

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