Celery looper moth
Anagrapha falcifera
The celery looper is a moth from North America. Its caterpillar is a looper: it walks by arching its back into a loop. It is not fussy at all and eats many different garden plants.
Lives in
North America, from Canada down to Georgia, Texas and Arizona
Wingspan
3.5 to 4 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat beets, lettuce, corn, clover, blueberries and many other low plants.
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 27 seconds
How big is Celery looper moth 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)
Celery looper moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings measure about 3.5 to 4 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
It lives from Newfoundland in Canada all the way south to Texas.
3
It was first described by William Kirby in 1837.
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Most asked questions about Celery looper moth
?What does the celery looper eat?
Its caterpillars eat many low plants, like beets, lettuce, corn and clover.
?Where does the celery looper live?
In North America, from southern Canada to the southern United States.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anagrapha falcifera
- Named by
- Kirby, 1837
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Celery looper
Where the facts come from
- Anagrapha falcifera (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 Meganmccarty. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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