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Enyo lugubris
The Mournful Sphinx is a special moth with big, beautiful wings. It is known for its dark colors and unique shape, making it look a bit like a tiny dragon when it flies!
生息地: Gardens and woodlands
The Mournful Sphinx has a stout, dark brown body and mottled grey-brown forewings, often with a dark central band. Its hindwings are dark brown, sometimes with a paler area near the base. The drab coloration helps it blend seamlessly into its environment.
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カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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Adult Mournful Sphinx moths have incredibly high metabolism, needing constant energy from nectar.
Its caterpillar changes color before it pupates, often turning reddish-brown!
Sometimes it's mistaken for a small bat because of its size and nighttime flight.
This moth's proboscis, its "tongue," can be longer than its entire body!
Mournful Sphinx can hover precisely like a hummingbird while drinking nectar because of its rapid, agile wing beats.
Its caterpillar has various color forms, including green or brown, that help them blend perfectly into their host plant leaves.
Mournful Sphinx has powerful, fast-beating wings that allow for swift, silent flight and quick directional changes, evading predators.
As caterpillars, they munch on specific plants, but adult moths sip flower nectar.
年齢による違い: Caterpillars eat plant leaves; adults drink flower nectar.
Vitis rotundifolia
Caterpillars feed on its leaves.
Ampelopsis arborea
Larvae use its leaves as a food source.
Lonicera sempervirens
Adults drink nectar, transferring pollen.
Myotis lucifugus
Nocturnal bats hunt adult moths.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Don't touch moths or caterpillars you find outside; they are best admired from a distance!
50-70 mm
25-35 mm
10-30 日
25 km/h
As caterpillars, they munch on specific plants, but adult moths sip flower nectar.
Gardens and woodlands
Foraging
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