Dubious tiger moth
Spilosoma dubia
The dubious tiger moth is a tiger moth from Canada and the eastern United States. It lives where aspen trees grow and in northern forests. It only flies for a few weeks in late spring.
Lives in
South-eastern Canada west to Alberta, and the eastern United States
Wingspan
3.2 to 3.8 cm (1.3 to 1.5 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars have been seen eating the leaves of black cherry trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 6 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is Dubious tiger moth 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)
Dubious tiger moth 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 flies from the middle of May to the middle of June.
2
It likes aspen woodland and the southern edge of the great northern forest.
3
It was first described in 1855 by Francis Walker.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dubious tiger moth
?Where does the dubious tiger moth live?
In Canada and the eastern United States, in aspen woods and northern forests.
?How big is the dubious tiger moth?
Its wings measure 32 to 38 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Spilosoma dubia
- Named by
- Walker, 1855
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Spilosoma dubia (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 Kristof Zyskowski. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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