Spindle ermine moth
The spindle ermine moth is a small snow-white moth with rows of tiny black dots on its front wings. It looks like it is wearing a little ermine cloak. Its caterpillars live together on spindle bushes.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars live together in big silk webs that can cover a whole spindle bush.
Its back wings are dark grey, very different from the white front wings.
The caterpillar is pale greyish yellow with black spots and a black head.
It flies from the end of June to October and is attracted to lights.
Most asked questions about Spindle ermine moth
?What does the spindle ermine eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of the spindle tree.
?How big is the spindle ermine moth?
Its wingspan is about 19 to 26 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Yponomeuta cagnagella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Yponomeutidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Yponomeutidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Spindle ermine
Where the facts come from
- Yponomeuta cagnagella (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 Sarefo. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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