Footman moth
The footman moth is a bright orange moth with wavy black bands on its wings. Its head is orange and its tummy is black. Its fuzzy caterpillars love damp places and sometimes crawl up house walls in the rainy season.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
In the rainy season lots of its caterpillars can be found on damp walls.
Its caterpillar is purplish black and covered in tufts of long black hair, with a few orange marks.
Moths from different places have different patterns, so scientists once thought they were many different kinds.
In Sri Lanka there is a brownish form of this moth.
Most asked questions about Footman moth
?What does the footman moth caterpillar eat?
Mostly moss and lichen. Sometimes it also nibbles eggplant plants.
?Is the footman moth dangerous?
No. It is harmless, but it is best not to touch the hairy caterpillars.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nepita conferta
- Named by
- Walker, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Nepita (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 Irvin calicut. CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Lesser mealworm
Asian malaria mosquito
Tropical house cricket
Pigeon louse fly
Apache paper wasp
Common booklouse