The White-Point

Mythimna albipuncta

The White-Point is a small, beautiful moth with white spots on its wings. It loves to fly around gardens and fields, especially at night when it's cooler.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The White-Point is a medium-sized moth with pale brownish-grey forewings. It has a distinctive, bright white dot near the center of each forewing, which gives it its name. Its hindwings are plain grey, subtly darkening towards the edges.

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The White-Point

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Adult White-Points don't have mouths for chewing; they use a straw-like tongue to sip nectar!

Its caterpillars are sometimes called 'cutworms' because they can snip plant stems!

Some White-Points are amazing travelers, flying hundreds of kilometers across countries!

White-Point moths have ears on their chest that help them detect bat predators!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

The White-Point can fly and find food in complete darkness because of its sensitive antennae and acute night vision.

The White-Point has super-sensitive antennae that help it smell other moths or tasty flowers from far away.

The White-Point can transform completely from a tiny egg to a caterpillar, then a pupa, and finally a flying moth.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 35-42 mm
Größe: 15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung: 7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Its caterpillars munch on grasses, while adult moths sip sweet nectar from flowers.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat leaves and grasses, while adult moths drink nectar from flowers.

Hauptnahrung

Grasses
Cereal crops
Nectar

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Hunts flying moths at night.

eats

Perennial Ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Its caterpillars munch on leaves.

pollinates

Spear Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Adult moths visit flowers for nectar.

Merkmale

Gefleckt

Mit Flecken oder farblich abgesetzten Bereichen gezeichnet.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.