White-spotted sable
Anania funebris
The white-spotted sable is a small black moth with big round white spots on its wings. Unlike many moths, it flies in the daytime. When something scares it, it quickly hides behind a leaf.
Lives in
Europe, northern Asia and North America
Wingspan
2 to 2.3 cm (0.79 to 0.91 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat goldenrod leaves, and sometimes dyer's greenweed.
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 34 seconds
How big is White-spotted sable compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
White-spotted sable about 11 km/h (6.8 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
It flies from late April to August and is busiest in June and July.
2
There are two kinds of it, one in Europe and Asia and one in North America.
3
Its wing edges are white towards the tips.
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Most asked questions about White-spotted sable
?What does the white-spotted sable eat?
Its caterpillars eat goldenrod leaves.
?When does the white-spotted sable fly?
In the daytime, from late April to August.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anania funebris
- Named by
- Ström, 1768
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Anania funebris (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 Halvard Hatlen - User Halvard from Norway.. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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