Clouded silver
Lomographa temerata
The clouded silver is a small white moth with a silky shine. Its front wings have a black dot and a grey cloudy patch near the edge. It flies in late spring in woods, hedges and gardens.
Lives in
Most of Europe and across Asia to the Russian Far East, in woods, hedges and gardens
Wingspan
2.2 to 2.6 cm (0.87 to 1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its green caterpillars eat the leaves of many trees and bushes, like hawthorn, blackthorn, cherry, apple, birch and oak.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Clouded silver compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Clouded silver about 11 km/h (6.8 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings shine a little like silk.
2
The grey cloud on its wings can be very dark on one moth and almost missing on another.
3
It spends the winter as a brown pupa and comes out as a moth in May or June.
you asked
Most asked questions about Clouded silver
?What does the clouded silver eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of trees and bushes like hawthorn, cherry, apple, birch and oak.
?How big is the clouded silver?
Its wings measure about 22 to 26 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lomographa temerata
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Lomographa temerata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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