Double-banded grass-veneer
Crambus agitatellus
The double-banded grass-veneer is a small moth that lives in grassy places. When it rests, it rolls its wings tightly around its body, so it looks long and thin like a stick. Its front wings have a white stripe and fine black lines.
Lives in
Eastern United States and southeastern Canada, in fields and lawns
Wingspan
1.7 to 2.2 cm (0.67 to 0.87 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses and other low 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 38 seconds
How big is Double-banded grass-veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Double-banded grass-veneer about 10 km/h (6.2 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
Rolling up its wings makes it look like a little piece of grass or straw.
2
You can find it in lawns and fields from June to August.
3
Its back wings are plain pale grey or brown with no pattern.
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Most asked questions about Double-banded grass-veneer
?Where does the double-banded grass-veneer live?
In open grassy places like fields and lawns in eastern North America.
?How big is the double-banded grass-veneer?
Its open wings measure about 1.7 to 2.2 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Crambus agitatellus
- Named by
- Clemens, 1860
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Crambus agitatellus (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 Mike Boone. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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