Arge moth
Apantesis arge
The arge moth is a tiger moth from North America. It flies in summer, often at night. Its caterpillars are not fussy and will munch on lots of different plants.
Lives in
North America, from Canada to Florida and New Mexico
Wingspan
3.8 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of many plants, like corn, sunflowers, grapes and even prickly pear cactus.
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 Arge moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Arge 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
Its caterpillars will even eat prickly pear cactus.
2
In the south there are two families of young each year, in the north one or two.
3
Grown up moths can be seen from April to September in most places.
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Most asked questions about Arge moth
?What does the arge moth caterpillar eat?
Many plants, including corn, sunflower, grape, dock and cactus.
?How big is the arge moth?
Its wings measure about 38 to 50 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Apantesis arge
- Named by
- Drury, 1773
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Arge tiger moth
Where the facts come from
- Apantesis arge (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 Beatriz Moisset. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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