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Tawny Crescent

Phyciodes batesii

The Tawny Crescent is a beautiful butterfly with orange and brown wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in sunny places during warm days.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Tawny Crescent is a small butterfly with a wingspan of about an inch. Its upper wings are a vibrant tawny orange, heavily marked with black lines and small, dark spots. A distinctive row of pale crescent shapes can be seen along the hindwing margins, setting it apart.

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Tawny Crescent
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Tawny Crescent

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Adult Tawny Crescents love sunshine and are most active on warm, bright days!

Baby Tawny Crescents munch on aster leaves, growing strong before becoming butterflies!

The 'crescent' in their name comes from pale moon shapes on their hindwings!

They spend the winter as caterpillars, tucked away until spring arrives!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Master of Disguise

Tawny Crescents have tawny orange and black wing patterns that help them blend into flowery meadows, making it harder for predators to spot them.

Habilidad

Nectar Sipper

Tawny Crescents possess a long, straw-like proboscis that allows them to reach deep inside flowers to drink sugary nectar for energy.

Habilidad

Caterpillar Camouflage

Their caterpillars are often cryptically colored, allowing them to hide on their host plants and avoid hungry birds.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-35 mm
Tamaño
12-18 mm
Esperanza de vida
14-21 días
Velocidad de vuelo
12 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip sweet flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on leaves to grow big!

Diferencias por edad: Caterpillars eat plant leaves; adult butterflies drink flower nectar.

Alimentos principales

  • flower nectar
  • aster leaves
  • goldenrod leaves
  • sunflower leaves

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Blue jays prey on butterflies and their caterpillars.

pollinates

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Adults transfer pollen as they sip nectar from aster flowers.

hunts

Ringed Paper Wasp

Polistes annularis

Wasps can capture and feed butterflies or their larvae.

depends on

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of this common plant for growth.

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Tawny Crescent?

25-35 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Tawny Crescent?

12-18 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Tawny Crescent?

14-21 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Tawny Crescent?

12 km/h

¿Qué come Tawny Crescent?

Adults sip sweet flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on leaves to grow big!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Tawny Crescent?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Tawny Crescent?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Tawny Crescent?

6

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