




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
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.





Kategorie
InsektenSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
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!
Tawny Marbled Minor has wing patterns that help them disappear against bark and grass, making them hard for predators to spot.
Tawny Marbled Minor can fly actively in the dark, using senses to find mates and egg-laying spots at night.
Tawny Marbled Minor caterpillars can munch through tough grass stems because of their strong mandibles that help them grow quickly.
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.
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Hunts moths using echolocation at night.
Cyanistes caeruleus
Feeds on caterpillars and adult moths.
Dactylis glomerata
Larvae burrow into and consume its stems.
Festuca rubra
Caterpillars feed inside the grass stems.
Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.
Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.
Nachtaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich in den Nachtstunden aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen normalerweise tagsüber.
Beschreibt Organismen, die Pollen übertragen und so die Befruchtung und Fortpflanzung von Pflanzen ermöglichen.
Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Moths are usually harmless, but it's best to watch them from a distance.
22-26 mm
10-15 mm
14-28 Tage
Young Tawny Marbled Minors feast on various grasses, while adults might not eat at all!
Grasslands
Foraging
6
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.