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Fall Webworm Moth

Hyphantria cunea

The Fall Webworm Moth is a fuzzy little insect that loves to spin big webs in trees. These webs can look like fluffy cotton candy and are home to many caterpillars that turn into beautiful moths.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Fall Webworm Moth has a fuzzy, stout white body and mostly pure white wings, though some individuals exhibit small, scattered black spots. It is visually distinct from most other white moths by its hairiness and often unblemished white appearance.

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Fall Webworm Moth
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Fall Webworm Moth

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Caterpillars of this moth can be either black-headed or red-headed, but they are both the same species!

Even though their caterpillars make enormous webs, the adult moths themselves only live for about 5-10 days.

Female Fall Webworm Moths can lay over 500 tiny eggs at once, all tucked neatly under a leaf.

The huge webs they build can completely cover tree branches, looking like spooky ghost costumes in the fall!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Silken Shelter Builder

Fall Webworm Moth caterpillars can spin enormous communal silk webs that protect them from predators and the weather as they feed.

Habilidad

Voracious Foliage Feaster

Fall Webworm Moth caterpillars can eat leaves from over 100 different kinds of trees, making them adaptable to many habitats.

Habilidad

Multi-Generational Multiplier

Fall Webworm Moths can complete two or more life cycles in a single warm season, helping their populations grow quickly.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-40 mm
Tamaño
10-15 mm
Esperanza de vida
5-10 días
Cantidad de patas
6
Tamaño de la colonia
800

Dieta y alimentación

As caterpillars, they munch on leaves from many different kinds of trees!

Diferencias por edad: Adult moths typically do not feed or only sip nectar; all the extensive eating happens in the caterpillar stage.

Alimentos principales

  • Apple leaves
  • Cherry leaves
  • Walnut leaves
  • Pecan leaves
  • Elm leaves
  • Maple leaves

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Their caterpillars munch on these leaves.

eaten by

Pecan

Carya illinoinensis

A favorite food source for the web-building caterpillars.

eats

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Birds often feed on the caterpillars, despite the web protection.

parasitizes

Tobacco Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp

Cotesia congregata

Lays eggs inside the caterpillars, which then develop inside them.

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Fall Webworm Moth?

25-40 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Fall Webworm Moth?

10-15 mm

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

5-10 días

¿Qué come Fall Webworm Moth?

As caterpillars, they munch on leaves from many different kinds of trees!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Fall Webworm Moth?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Fall Webworm Moth?

Foraging

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

6

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la colonia de Fall Webworm Moth?

800

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