Vagabond sod webworm moth
Agriphila vulgivagellus
The vagabond sod webworm moth is a small moth of grassy places. Its caterpillars live down in the grass and eat it. The moths fly at the end of summer and in autumn.
Lives in
North America, from Canada to Florida and Texas, in grassy places
Wingspan
2 to 3.9 cm (0.79 to 1.5 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses, and also wheat, rye and other grain plants.
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 Vagabond sod webworm 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)
Vagabond sod webworm 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
The moths fly from August to October.
2
There is only one family of moths each year.
3
The young caterpillars spend the whole winter in the grass and grow again in spring.
you asked
Most asked questions about Vagabond sod webworm moth
?What does the vagabond sod webworm eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses and grain plants such as wheat and rye.
?Is the vagabond sod webworm moth dangerous?
No. It is a harmless moth.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agriphila vulgivagellus
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Vagabond crambus, Vagabond sod webworm
Where the facts come from
- Agriphila vulgivagellus (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 Dendroica cerulea. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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