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Tawny Marbled Minor

Oligia latruncula

The Tawny Marbled Minor is a small, brown moth with beautiful patterns on its wings. It loves to fly around gardens and fields, especially during the night when it's cooler.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Tawny Marbled Minor is a small moth, typically tawny-brown with darker marbling patterns across its forewings. It often displays a distinct dark kidney-shaped mark near the center of its wings, helping it blend into its grassy habitats.

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Tawny Marbled Minor
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Tawny Marbled Minor

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Caterpillars of this moth spend their winter cozy inside grass stems, hidden from the cold!

It's a master of disguise, often looking exactly like a piece of dead leaf or bark!

Its scientific name, *latruncula*, means 'little robber' in Latin!

The adult moths only live for a few weeks, but they work hard to lay all their eggs quickly!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Creative Camouflage

Tawny Marbled Minor has wing patterns that help them disappear against bark and grass, making them hard for predators to spot.

Fähigkeit

Night Navigator

Tawny Marbled Minor can fly actively in the dark, using senses to find mates and egg-laying spots at night.

Fähigkeit

Grass Grazers

Tawny Marbled Minor caterpillars can munch through tough grass stems because of their strong mandibles that help them grow quickly.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
22-26 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Young Tawny Marbled Minors feast on various grasses, while adults might not eat at all!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat grass stems, but adult moths typically do not feed or only sip nectar rarely.

Hauptnahrung

  • Dactylis glomerata
  • Festuca rubra
  • Poa annua
  • Elymus repens

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Common Pipistrelle Bat

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Hunts moths using echolocation at night.

eats

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Feeds on caterpillars and adult moths.

eats

Cock's-foot Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Larvae burrow into and consume its stems.

eats

Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Caterpillars feed inside the grass stems.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are usually harmless, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Tawny Marbled Minor?

22-26 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Tawny Marbled Minor?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Tawny Marbled Minor?

14-28 Tage

Was frisst Tawny Marbled Minor?

Young Tawny Marbled Minors feast on various grasses, while adults might not eat at all!

Wo findet man Tawny Marbled Minor normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Tawny Marbled Minor?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Tawny Marbled Minor?

6

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