White furcula moth
Furcula borealis
The white furcula moth is a pale moth from North America. It flies through spring and summer. Its caterpillars grow up on the leaves of cherry, willow and poplar trees.
Lives in
North America, from New Hampshire to Texas and Florida, and in Colorado and South Dakota
Wingspan
3.1 to 4.2 cm (1.2 to 1.7 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of wild cherry, willow and poplar trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is White furcula 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)
White furcula 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 grown-up moths fly from April all the way to August.
2
With its wings spread it is about 3 to 4 centimetres wide.
3
Its caterpillars can live on three quite different kinds of trees: cherry, willow and poplar.
you asked
Most asked questions about White furcula moth
?What does the white furcula moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of wild cherry, willow and poplar.
?When can you see the white furcula moth?
From April to August.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Furcula borealis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Furcula borealis (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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