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Linden prominent

Ellida caniplaga
Eats: PlantsMothsForests and woods6 legs

The linden prominent is a moth from eastern North America. Its caterpillars live on linden trees, which are also called lime or basswood trees. It flies for a long part of the year.

Lives in
Eastern North America, from Texas and Florida to Canada
Wingspan
3.4 to 4.4 cm (1.3 to 1.7 in)
Top speed
about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of linden trees.
For real!Photo of Linden prominent
Picture by Kristof Zyskowski. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How wide are its wings?

Linden prominent wings about 4.4 cm tip to tip (1.7 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)A banana about 18 cm (7.1 in)
wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a rowcould fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds

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Fun facts

1

It flies from April to September.

2

In the south there are two families of moths each year.

3

It lives from Texas and Florida up to New Brunswick, Ontario and Minnesota.

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Most asked questions about Linden prominent

?What does the linden prominent eat?

Its caterpillars eat linden leaves.

?How big is the linden prominent?

Its wings measure 34 to 44 millimetres from tip to tip.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Ellida caniplaga
Group
Moths
Family
Notodontidae
Classification
Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Ellida caniplaga (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Kristof Zyskowski. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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