Dewick's plusia
Macdunnoughia confusa
Dewick's plusia is a medium-sized moth that flies from spring to autumn. Its caterpillars are not fussy and munch on many soft garden plants. It lives all the way from Europe to Japan.
Lives in
From Europe through Siberia to Japan, and also in Lebanon and Israel
Wingspan
3 to 3.8 cm (1.2 to 1.5 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat soft plants like nettles, dead-nettles, wormwood and chamomile.
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 27 seconds
How big is Dewick's plusia compared to YOU?
Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
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)
Dewick's plusia about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings are about 3 to 4 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
In some places it has three families of moths in one year, flying from April to October.
3
Its scientific name confusa means mixed up or confused.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dewick's plusia
?What does Dewick's plusia eat?
Its caterpillars eat nettles, dead-nettles, wormwood and chamomile.
?How big is Dewick's plusia?
Its wings are about 3 to 4 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Macdunnoughia confusa
- Named by
- Stephens, 1850
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Macdunnoughia confusa (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 from Copenhagen, Denmark. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Atlas moth
Luna moth
Hummingbird hawk-moth
Domestic silk moth
Isabella tiger moth
Polyphemus moth
Large black slug
Cloudless sulphur
Two-lined spittlebug
Two-spotted cricket
Cottony cushion scale
Clouded yellow.jpg){kind=link}