Tulip-tree silkmoth
The tulip-tree silkmoth is a big, beautiful silk moth from North America. Its wings can be wider than a grown-up's hand. Its caterpillar is a fussy eater that only eats the leaves of the tulip tree.
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Fun facts
The grown-up moth never eats, so it lives only on the energy it stored as a caterpillar.
In the north it has one family a year, flying from June to August.
In the south it has two families a year, flying in spring and again in August.
Most asked questions about Tulip-tree silkmoth
?What does the tulip-tree silkmoth eat?
Only its caterpillar eats, and only tulip tree leaves. The adult moth does not eat at all.
?How big is the tulip-tree silkmoth?
Its wings measure about 8 to 11 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Callosamia angulifera
- Named by
- Walker, 1855
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Saturniidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Tuliptree silkmoth, Giant silkmoth
Where the facts come from
- Callosamia angulifera (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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