Subterranean dart
Feltia subterranea
The subterranean dart is a moth that flies at night. Its caterpillars are called cutworms. They are not picky at all and eat lots of different plants.
Lives in
North, Central and South America, from Massachusetts to Chile and Uruguay
Wingspan
3.8 to 4.4 cm (1.5 to 1.7 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many kinds of plants, including more than 61 crops that people grow. The grown-ups drink nectar.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Subterranean dart compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Subterranean dart about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars can eat more than 61 kinds of plants that farmers grow.
2
The grown-up moths help pollinate a shrub called fetterbush.
3
It used to have a different scientific name, Agrotis subterranea.
you asked
Most asked questions about Subterranean dart
?What does the subterranean dart eat?
Its caterpillars eat many kinds of plants, including crops.
?How big is the subterranean dart?
Its open wings measure about 3.8 to 4.4 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Feltia subterranea
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Granulate cutworm, Tawny shoulder
Where the facts come from
- Feltia subterranea (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 University of Georgia Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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