Rush veneer
Nomophila noctuella
The rush veneer is a slim brown moth with very long, narrow front wings. It is a great traveller that flies from southern Europe and North Africa all the way to northern Europe. It lives almost all over the world.
Lives in
Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America, in fields and grassy places
Wingspan
2.6 to 3.2 cm (1 to 1.3 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its grey-green caterpillar eats clover, knotgrass, wheat and other grasses.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 29 seconds
How big is Rush veneer compared to YOU?
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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)
Rush veneer about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
In Europe it migrates north each year from the warm south.
2
It can have two to four families in a year.
3
Its caterpillar can grow to about 2 centimetres long.
4
It spends the winter as a pupa in a cocoon among leaves or on a stone.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rush veneer
?Is the rush veneer a migrant?
Yes. In Europe it travels from the south and North Africa to northern Europe.
?What does the rush veneer caterpillar eat?
Clover, knotgrass, wheat and other grasses.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nomophila noctuella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Nomophila noctuella (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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