The chestnut
The chestnut is a moth that flies in the cold part of the year, from autumn to spring. Its colour is very different from moth to moth, from dove grey to reddish brown. There is always a little black dot on each front wing.
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Fun facts
It can fly from September all the way to May, even in winter.
Its tummy is partly or fully reddish brown.
Its caterpillar is reddish brown on top and greenish underneath.
It lives in many kinds of places, wet or dry, warm or cool.
Most asked questions about The chestnut
?When can you see the chestnut moth?
From September to May, so it is one of the moths you can see in the cold months.
?How big is the chestnut moth?
Its open wings measure about 2.8 to 3.6 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Conistra vaccinii
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1761
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Conistra vaccinii (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 Donald Hobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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