




Anisota pellucida
The Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth is a colorful moth with pink stripes! It loves to flutter around oak trees and is mostly active at night, making it a special nighttime friend in nature.
生息地: Forests
The Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth has striking pink stripes on its forewings, contrasting with a yellowish to tan body and hindwings. Its wings are somewhat translucent. The robust body and relatively small head are also characteristic.





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 Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moths don't even eat! They live off stored energy!
Its caterpillars are spiky and colorful, ranging from green to purplish-brown.
Their name "oakworm" comes from their caterpillars' love for oak leaves!
This moth spends a long time as a pupa, sometimes overwintering underground.
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth has pink and yellow stripes that help them blend perfectly with oak leaves and flowers.
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth caterpillars can chew through tough oak leaves because of their strong mandibles.
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth can fly in the dark because of its specialized vision and sensory antennae.
Oakworm caterpillars munch oak leaves; surprisingly, adult moths do not eat at all!
年齢による違い: Larvae eat oak leaves, while the adult moths do not feed.
Quercus alba
Its larvae feed on the leaves of this tree.
Quercus rubra
Its larvae also consume leaves from red oak trees.
Cyanocitta cristata
Larvae and pupae can be preyed upon by birds.
Myotis lucifugus
Adult moths are a food source for nocturnal bats.
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; just watch them from a distance!
35-55 mm
15-25 mm
7-14 日
8 km/h
Oakworm caterpillars munch oak leaves; surprisingly, adult moths do not eat at all!
Forests
Foraging
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