Common gluphisia moth
Gluphisia septentrionis
The common gluphisia moth is a small, furry grey-brown moth with a marbled pattern. It lives in Europe, Asia and North America. It has a very funny way of drinking from puddles.
Lives in
Europe, across Russia and China to Japan, and North America
Wingspan
2.8 to 3.4 cm (1.1 to 1.3 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats the leaves of poplars, aspen and willows.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 6 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 29 seconds
How big is Common gluphisia moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Common gluphisia moth about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It sucks water from puddles, pumps it through its body and squirts it out again about every 3 seconds.
2
In North America it was long thought to be a different species.
3
It flies from April to August, in two families of moths each year.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common gluphisia moth
?What does the common gluphisia caterpillar eat?
Leaves of poplar, aspen and willow.
?Why does the gluphisia moth drink from puddles?
It sucks up puddle water, pumps it through its body and squirts it out again. Scientists call this puddling.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gluphisia septentrionis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Also known as
- Dusky marbled brown
Where the facts come from
- Gluphisia crenata (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 Dumi. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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