Willowherb Hawkmoth

Proserpinus proserpina

The Willowherb Hawkmoth is a special moth that loves to visit flowers at night. It has beautiful green and brown wings that help it blend in with plants during the day.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Willowherb Hawkmoth has a stout, torpedo-shaped body and distinctive olive-green forewings with a prominent dark central band. Its hindwings are a striking pinkish-red, often visible during flight. The combination of green and pink makes it quite unique among moths.

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Willowherb Hawkmoth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its caterpillars are huge, green, and have cool fake 'eye spots' on their sides!

Some people mistake these moths for hummingbirds because of their fast, buzzing flight!

They undergo a complete transformation from a tiny egg to a flying adult moth.

This amazing moth helps flowers make seeds by carrying their pollen from blossom to blossom.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Willowherb Hawkmoth can hover expertly in mid-air because of its powerful wings, allowing it to sip nectar from flowers without landing.

Willowherb Hawkmoth has a long, coiled proboscis that helps them reach deep inside flowers to drink sugary nectar.

Willowherb Hawkmoth has cryptic coloring on its forewings that helps them blend perfectly with leaves and bark during the day.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 45-60 mm
Größe: 20-30 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 40 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar while caterpillars munch on plant leaves.

Altersunterschiede: Caterpillars eat leaves, while adult moths feed on flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

Nectar (from Honeysuckle)
Nectar (from Valerian)
Willowherb leaves (caterpillars)
Bedstraw leaves (caterpillars)

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Great Willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

Its caterpillars munch on leaves of this plant to grow big.

depends on

Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

Caterpillars also feed on this plant, especially where willowherb is scarce.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Young caterpillars can be a snack for hungry garden birds.

pollinates

Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Adult moths visit its flowers at dusk, sipping nectar and spreading pollen.

Merkmale

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.

Getarnt

Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.

Grasland

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