Clouded drab
Orthosia incerta
The clouded drab is a grey moth that likes to dress up in many colours. Some are pale grey, some bluish, some reddish brown and some almost black. Scientists have given many of these colour forms their own names.
Lives in
Europe and Asia, all the way to the Russian Far East and Japan
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Clouded drab about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives in almost every country in Europe, but not in the far north of Scandinavia.
2
In the Alps it can be found up to 2000 metres high.
3
The dark forms are more common in Britain than in other places.
you asked
Most asked questions about Clouded drab
?Is the clouded drab moth harmful?
No. It is a harmless moth that cannot bite or sting.
?What colour is the clouded drab?
Usually grey, but it can also be bluish, reddish brown or almost black.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Orthosia incerta
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Orthosia incerta (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 Kulac. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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