Rusty dot pearl
Udea ferrugalis
The rusty dot pearl is a small moth with yellow, brown or rusty red wings and darker marks near the edges. It has pale whitish legs. It can turn up almost all year, but it is seen most in autumn.
Lives in
Central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia Minor, India and Japan
Wingspan
1.8 to 2.2 cm (0.71 to 0.87 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat soft plants like woundworts, burdock, mint and wild strawberries.
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 Rusty dot pearl compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Rusty dot pearl 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
Its caterpillar is greenish with a yellowish head and grows to about 1 to 1.5 centimetres long.
2
It spends the winter as a pupa in the soil.
3
There can be two or three families of these moths each year.
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Most asked questions about Rusty dot pearl
?What does the rusty dot pearl eat?
Its caterpillars eat mint, burdock, wild strawberries and other soft plants.
?When can I see the rusty dot pearl?
Almost all year, but mostly in autumn.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Udea ferrugalis
- Named by
- Hübner, 1796
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Udea ferrugalis (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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