探検昆虫

Monk Skipper

Choranthus capucinus

The Monk Skipper is a small butterfly with beautiful brown and orange wings. They love to flutter around flowers and are often seen in gardens and meadows, sipping nectar.

生息地: Meadows

外見

The Monk Skipper is a robust, dark brown butterfly with a stout body and small orange-yellow spots on its forewings. Its hindwings are plain dark brown, often showing a purplish sheen on the underside. Its hooked antennae are a distinctive skipper trait.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraHesperiidaeChoranthus
Monk Skipper
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Monk Skipper

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Even as adults, they love to sip nectar but sometimes enjoy a drink of tree sap too!

Monk Skippers are named for their dark, cowl-like appearance and their quick, "skipping" flight!

Their caterpillars are picky eaters, dining only on various types of palm leaves!

Unlike most butterflies, skippers have hooked antennae that look like tiny golf clubs!

特殊能力

能力

Darting Flight

Monk Skipper can fly with quick, erratic movements because of its powerful wing muscles that help them dodge predators.

能力

Leaf Shelter Builder

Monk Skipper larvae can roll and bind leaves together using silk that helps them create safe, camouflaged homes.

能力

Nectar Sipper

Monk Skipper has a long, coiled proboscis that helps them reach sweet nectar deep inside flowers for food.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
30-45 mm
サイズ
15-25 mm
寿命
14-30 日
飛行速度
20 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Monk Skippers enjoy sugary nectar from flowers and their caterpillars munch on palm leaves.

年齢による違い: Larvae (caterpillars) eat palm leaves, while adults primarily drink flower nectar and tree sap.

主な食物

  • Flower Nectar
  • Tree Sap
  • Palm Leaves (larvae)

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

depends on

Oil Palm

Elaeis guineensis

Larvae eat its leaves.

depends on

Coconut Palm

Cocos nucifera

Caterpillars feed on its fronds.

eaten by

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Birds like flycatchers hunt them.

pollinates

Blue Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Adults sip nectar, helping flowers.

eaten by

Silver Argiope

Argiope argentata

Orb-weaver spiders trap adults.

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

Always watch butterflies from a distance so you don't scare them away.

よくある質問

Monk Skipperの翼開長は何ですか?

30-45 mm

Monk Skipperのサイズは何ですか?

15-25 mm

Monk Skipperの寿命は何ですか?

14-30 日

Monk Skipperの飛行速度は何ですか?

20 km/h

Monk Skipperは何を食べますか?

Monk Skippers enjoy sugary nectar from flowers and their caterpillars munch on palm leaves.

Monk Skipperは通常どこに生息していますか?

Meadows

Monk Skipperはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Monk Skipperの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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