Snowy urola moth
Urola nivalis
The snowy urola moth is a small moth from eastern North America. It has two families of moths every summer. Its caterpillars live among grasses.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from southern Canada to Florida and Texas
Wingspan
1.5 to 2.3 cm (0.59 to 0.91 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat different grasses, and they also nibble privet bushes.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Snowy urola moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Snowy urola moth about 11 km/h (6.8 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The grown-up moths fly from May to September.
2
Gardeners count it as a pest of privet, a bush often used for hedges.
3
It lives as far north as southern Canada and as far south as Florida.
you asked
Most asked questions about Snowy urola moth
?What does the snowy urola moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses and sometimes privet bushes.
?Is the snowy urola moth harmful?
It is harmless to people, though it can nibble privet hedges.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Urola nivalis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Urola nivalis (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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