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Flame Shoulder Moth

Ochropleura plecta

The Flame Shoulder Moth is a small, colorful moth with bright orange and black markings. It loves to flutter around gardens and fields, especially during warm summer nights.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Flame Shoulder Moth has distinct forewings featuring a prominent, fiery orange-red patch near the body, contrasting with the darker olive-brown and grey-mottled wing bases. Its hindwings are a plain, light grey, less striking than the forewings. This color pattern helps it stand out, yet also blend in.

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Flame Shoulder Moth
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Flame Shoulder Moth

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Datos interesantes

Baby Flame Shoulder Moths love to eat common weeds like dock and plantain plants.

Its caterpillars are often called cutworms because they chew through plant stems at ground level!

Like all moths, it starts as a tiny egg, then a munching caterpillar, and a sleepy pupa before becoming an adult!

Some Flame Shoulder Moths can have two or even three generations of babies in just one year!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Night Navigator

Flame Shoulder Moth can fly and find food in the dark because it uses sensitive antennae to detect the scents of flowers from far away.

Habilidad

Nectar Sipper

Flame Shoulder Moth can unroll a long proboscis to sip sweet nectar from flowers, which provides energy for flight and helps pollinate plants.

Habilidad

Camouflage Master

Flame Shoulder Moth has mottled olive-brown and grey wings that help them blend perfectly with tree bark and dried leaves to hide from predators.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-30 mm
Tamaño
12-18 mm
Esperanza de vida
14-30 días
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

Adult Flame Shoulder Moths drink nectar, while their caterpillars munch on plant leaves and stems.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat plant leaves and stems, while adults feed on nectar from flowers.

Alimentos principales

  • nectar
  • Rumex crispus (Curled Dock)
  • Plantago major (Greater Plantain)
  • Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)
  • Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Bats hunt flying moths at night using echolocation.

eaten by

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Robins forage for caterpillars and adult moths.

eats

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Larvae feed on the leaves of this common weed.

eats

Greater Plantain

Plantago major

Caterpillars munch on plantain leaves and stems.

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Moths are harmless, but it's best to watch them from a distance and not touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Flame Shoulder Moth?

25-30 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Flame Shoulder Moth?

12-18 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Flame Shoulder Moth?

14-30 días

¿Qué come Flame Shoulder Moth?

Adult Flame Shoulder Moths drink nectar, while their caterpillars munch on plant leaves and stems.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Flame Shoulder Moth?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Flame Shoulder Moth?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Flame Shoulder Moth?

6

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