Clover hayworm moth
The clover hayworm moth is a small purple moth with bright yellow lines and spots on its wings. Its caterpillars have a strange taste: they eat dry, old plant matter. They are often found living in haystacks.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars have even been found in the nests of chickens and magpies.
They like damp, squashed hay at the bottom of haystacks best.
Farmers keep hay dry and airy to stop the caterpillars from moving in.
The moths fly from May to July.
Most asked questions about Clover hayworm moth
?What does the clover hayworm eat?
Its caterpillars eat dry plant matter like hay, especially clover hay.
?How do you keep clover hayworms out of hay?
Keep the hay dry and well aired, because they like damp, matted hay.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hypsopygia costalis
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Gold triangle, Clover hay moth
Where the facts come from
- Hypsopygia costalis (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 Ben Sale from UK. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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