




Laspeyria flexula
The Beautiful Hook-tip is a lovely moth with unique hook-shaped wings. It blends in with leaves, making it hard to spot in nature. This special insect is a nighttime flyer, fluttering around under the moonlight.
生息地: Forests
The Beautiful Hook-tip is a small, sooty-grey to brownish-black moth with a velvety appearance. Its forewings feature distinct wavy cross-lines and somewhat angular tips, setting it apart from uniformly dark moths.





カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
スナップ
最初にスナップしよう!
Adult moths have a special proboscis to sip dew and tree sap for energy.
It belongs to the Erebidae, a huge moth family with over 10,000 species!
Its amazing camouflage helps it hide perfectly on dark tree bark during the day.
Unlike most caterpillars, the young of this moth munch on tiny fungi and lichens, not green leaves!
Beautiful Hook-tip has dark, mottled wings that help them blend perfectly onto tree bark and rocks, hiding from predators.
Its caterpillars can digest lichens and fungi, a rare diet that helps them find food where other insects can't.
Beautiful Hook-tip can fly and find food at night, helping them avoid daytime predators like birds.
Its caterpillars eat fungi and lichens, while adults sip liquids like sap and dew.
年齢による違い: Larvae eat lichens and fungi; adults primarily sip liquids.
Myotis myotis
Hunts adults during its night flights.
Erithacus rubecula
Forages for moths resting on tree bark.
Xanthoria parietina
Larvae consume this lichen growing on trees.
Parmelia sulcata
Its caterpillars also feed on this widespread lichen.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Always look but don't touch insects, as some can be delicate.
20-25 mm
8-10 mm
10-20 日
Its caterpillars eat fungi and lichens, while adults sip liquids like sap and dew.
Forests
Foraging
6
ズームインしてクラスターを分割し、このオブジェクトが撮影された場所を探索しましょう。
新しい観察が追加されると、ここに最近のスナップが表示されます。