探検昆虫

Cotton Bollworm Moth

Helicoverpa armigera

The Cotton Bollworm Moth is a small, colorful moth that loves to fly around gardens and fields. It has beautiful wings that can be brown or green, making it look like a tiny piece of nature's art!

生息地: Fields and gardens

外見

The Cotton Bollworm Moth has dull yellowish-brown or olive-green forewings, often marked with faint dark spots or a band. Its hindwings are paler with a distinct dark band along the edge, making it blend well with plants.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeHelicoverpa
Cotton Bollworm Moth
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Cotton Bollworm Moth

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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It can eat over 180 different kinds of plants, from cotton to tomatoes!

Its caterpillars are one of the world's most notorious crop pests, causing billions in damage!

Some of these moths have developed resistance to common pesticides, making them super tough.

The caterpillar is called a 'bollworm' because it often bores into cotton bolls!

特殊能力

能力

Chemical Sniffer

Cotton Bollworm Moth can smell tiny chemical signals with its antennae, helping it find the perfect plants to lay eggs on.

能力

Night Flight

Cotton Bollworm Moth can fly long distances in the dark, using the night to search for new food sources or mates.

能力

Survival Camouflage

Cotton Bollworm Moth has dull colors and patterns that help it blend perfectly into plants, hiding from hungry predators.

能力

Tough Eater

Its caterpillar stage can eat many plant types and sometimes even resist poisons, making it a very tricky pest for farmers.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
30-40 mm
サイズ
15-20 mm
寿命
10-23 日
飛行速度
5-15 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Caterpillars munch on plant parts, while adult moths sip nectar.

年齢による違い: Caterpillars consume plant tissues; adults primarily feed on nectar.

主な食物

  • Cotton
  • Corn
  • Tomatoes
  • Chickpeas
  • Sorghum
  • Tobacco

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

eaten by

Upland Cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Its caterpillars cause significant damage to cotton bolls.

eaten by

Corn

Zea mays

Caterpillars bore into corn kernels and stalks, damaging crops.

eaten by

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

A common target for the larvae, which feed on tomato fruits.

parasitizes

Parasitoid Wasp

Trichogramma pretiosum

This tiny wasp lays its eggs inside the bollworm's eggs.

hunts

Green Lacewing

Chrysoperla carnea

Lacewing larvae are important predators of bollworm eggs and young caterpillars.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Don't touch moths or caterpillars you find outside; they might not like it!

よくある質問

Cotton Bollworm Mothの翼開長は何ですか?

30-40 mm

Cotton Bollworm Mothのサイズは何ですか?

15-20 mm

Cotton Bollworm Mothの寿命は何ですか?

10-23 日

Cotton Bollworm Mothの飛行速度は何ですか?

5-15 km/h

Cotton Bollworm Mothは何を食べますか?

Caterpillars munch on plant parts, while adult moths sip nectar.

Cotton Bollworm Mothは通常どこに生息していますか?

Fields and gardens

Cotton Bollworm Mothはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Cotton Bollworm Mothの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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