Lewes wave
The Lewes wave is a small, pale moth with thin wavy lines on its wings. It lives in sunny meadows all over Europe. Its caterpillars love herbs that you might know from the kitchen.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars eat thyme and oregano, the same herbs people put on pizza.
In western Europe there are two families of moths each summer, flying from late June to the middle of August.
The boys go looking for the girls early in the morning, between about 6 and 10 o'clock.
Their dating dance lasts one hour or a bit longer.
Most asked questions about Lewes wave
?What does the Lewes wave eat?
Its caterpillars eat low plants like thyme and oregano.
?How big is the Lewes wave?
With open wings it is about 2 to 2.7 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Scopula immorata
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Scopula immorata (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 Michael Kranewitter, Vienna. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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