Common grass-veneer
Crambus praefectellus
The common grass-veneer is a small moth that lives where there is lots of grass. Its other name, silver-striped webworm, comes from the silver stripe on its wings. It flies for many months of the year.
Lives in
United States and southern Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains, in grassy places
Wingspan
1.8 to 2.5 cm (0.71 to 0.98 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses and grain plants.
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 Common grass-veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Common grass-veneer 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
In the north it flies from May to September.
2
In warm southern Florida and Texas it may fly all year round.
3
A scientist named Zincken first described it more than 200 years ago, in 1821.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common grass-veneer
?What does the common grass-veneer eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses and grain plants.
?Where does the common grass-veneer live?
In the United States and southern Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Crambus praefectellus
- Named by
- Zincken, 1821
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Silver-striped webworm
Where the facts come from
- Crambus praefectellus (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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