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Fall Cankerworm Moth

Alsophila pometaria

The Fall Cankerworm Moth is a small moth that comes out in the fall. It has soft wings and is often seen fluttering around trees, especially apple trees!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Fall Cankerworm Moth's male has mottled, brownish-gray forewings and lighter hindwings, sometimes with a darker band. Females are distinctively wingless, with a small, spider-like gray body, often resembling a tiny knot on a tree branch.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenLepidopteraFamiliaGeometridaeGéneroAlsophila
Fall Cankerworm Moth
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Fall Cankerworm Moth

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Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Mass outbreaks of caterpillars can completely strip forests bare of leaves!

Only male Fall Cankerworm Moths have wings and can fly!

Their caterpillars are called 'inchworms' because of their unique looping walk.

Wingless females crawl up trees to lay their eggs in the canopy!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Silk Spinner

Fall Cankerworm Moth caterpillars can drop from trees on a silk thread to escape predators or move to new leaves.

Habilidad

Branch Mimicry

Their caterpillars can vary in color from green to brown, allowing them to perfectly blend in with twigs and leaves.

Habilidad

Wingless Climber

Female Fall Cankerworm Moths are unique because they have no wings, which helps them conserve energy to crawl up trees.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-35 mm
Tamaño
7-15 mm
Esperanza de vida
7-21 días
Velocidad de vuelo
5 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

As caterpillars, they munch on tree leaves; adults don't need to eat!

Diferencias por edad: Caterpillars are voracious leaf-eaters, while adult moths do not feed.

Alimentos principales

  • Oak leaves
  • Elm leaves
  • Maple leaves
  • Apple leaves
  • Cherry leaves

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Caterpillars feed on its leaves during spring.

eats

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Caterpillars are known to defoliate its leaves.

eaten by

Black-capped Chickadee

Parus atricapillus

Birds prey on both cankerworm caterpillars and adult moths.

parasitizes

Cankerworm Egg Parasitoid

Telenomus alsophilae

Tiny wasps lay eggs inside cankerworm moth eggs.

Rasgos

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It's best to watch these moths from a distance and not touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Fall Cankerworm Moth?

25-35 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Fall Cankerworm Moth?

7-15 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Fall Cankerworm Moth?

7-21 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Fall Cankerworm Moth?

5 km/h

¿Qué come Fall Cankerworm Moth?

As caterpillars, they munch on tree leaves; adults don't need to eat!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Fall Cankerworm Moth?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Fall Cankerworm Moth?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Fall Cankerworm Moth?

6

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