Scorched carpet
Ligdia adustata
Name means: “burnt”
The scorched carpet is a small moth with glossy white wings. The part of its front wings near the body is dark brown, as if it had been burnt. It comes out at dusk.
Lives in
Most of Europe and the Near East, in bushes, woods, parks and gardens
Wingspan
2.5 to 3 cm (0.98 to 1.2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of spindle bushes and barberry.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Scorched carpet compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Scorched carpet 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
Its scientific name means burnt, because its wings look scorched.
2
Its caterpillar is bright green with red spots.
3
It has two families a year, one in spring and one in summer.
4
It spends the winter as a pupa.
you asked
Most asked questions about Scorched carpet
?Why is it called the scorched carpet?
Because its wings have dark brown parts that look as if they were burnt.
?What does the scorched carpet eat?
Its caterpillars eat spindle and barberry leaves.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ligdia adustata
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Ligdia adustata (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 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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