Walnut caterpillar moth
Datana integerrima
The walnut caterpillar moth is a brownish moth from eastern North America. Its caterpillars live on walnut and hickory trees and munch their leaves. The moths fly in late spring and summer.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Ontario to northern Mexico
Wingspan
3.5 to 5 cm (1.4 to 2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat the leaves of walnut, hickory, willow and oak trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Walnut caterpillar moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Walnut caterpillar moth about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The moths fly from May to August.
2
Its wings measure about 3.5 to 5 centimetres from tip to tip.
3
Its caterpillars also eat the leaves of some shrubs.
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Most asked questions about Walnut caterpillar moth
?What does the walnut caterpillar eat?
Leaves of walnut, hickory, willow and oak trees.
?Where does the walnut caterpillar moth live?
In eastern North America, from Ontario south to northern Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Datana integerrima
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Datana integerrima (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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