Long-legged tabby
Synaphe punctalis
The long-legged tabby is a small moth from Europe. As its name says, it has long legs. Its caterpillar does something unusual: it eats moss.
Lives in
Europe
Wingspan
2.2 to 2.7 cm (0.87 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats mosses.
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 32 seconds
How big is Long-legged tabby compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Long-legged tabby about 12 km/h (7.5 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
It flies in summer, from June to August.
2
There is only one family of moths each year.
3
It is attracted to lights at night.
you asked
Most asked questions about Long-legged tabby
?What does the long-legged tabby eat?
Its caterpillar eats moss.
?When does the long-legged tabby fly?
From June to August, and it comes to lights at night.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Synaphe punctalis
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Synaphe punctalis (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 Adrian Tync. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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