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The Snout

Hypena proboscidalis

The Snout is a fun little moth with a long nose that looks like a snout! It has beautiful colors and loves to fly around flowers, making it a special part of nature.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The The Snout has drab, mottled brown wings that resemble dry leaves or bark, helping it camouflage perfectly. Its most striking feature is its two very long, hairy labial palps that project forward like a prominent 'snout' or proboscis.

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The Snout
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The Snout

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Even in the dark, these moths can hear sounds using tiny 'ears' on their chest!

If you disturb it, The Snout often drops to the ground and pretends to be dead!

The Snout's caterpillars are very fussy, only eating stinging nettle leaves!

They can sometimes spend the entire winter hiding as adults before laying eggs!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Leaf Camouflage

The Snout can perfectly blend into dry leaves or bark because of its mottled brown wings, helping them hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Night Navigator

The Snout has keen night vision that helps them fly and find food during the darkest hours.

Fähigkeit

Air-Tasting Snout

The Snout has long, furry labial palps that act like antennae, helping them 'smell' the air to find tasty plants.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-38 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Larval Snouts munch on stinging nettle leaves, while adult Snouts sip sweet nectar from flowers.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae consume plant leaves, while adults feed on nectar and sap.

Hauptnahrung

  • Urtica dioica leaves
  • Urtica urens leaves
  • Flower nectar
  • Tree sap

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Stinging Nettle

Urtica dioica

Larvae feed exclusively on its leaves.

hunts

Brown Long-eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

Eats adult moths flying at night.

hunts

Common Wasp

Vespula vulgaris

Predates Snout moth larvae and pupae.

parasitizes

Cabbage White Parasitoid

Pteromalus puparum

Its larvae develop inside Snout moth pupae.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to look at moths from a distance and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von The Snout?

30-38 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von The Snout?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von The Snout?

10-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von The Snout?

12 km/h

Was frisst The Snout?

Larval Snouts munch on stinging nettle leaves, while adult Snouts sip sweet nectar from flowers.

Wo findet man The Snout normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt The Snout?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von The Snout?

6

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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