Yellow satin veneer
Crambus perlella
The yellow satin veneer is a small moth with shiny, satin white wings that sometimes have a yellowish tinge. Its caterpillar grows up among grasses.
Lives in
Europe and east across Asia
Wingspan
1.9 to 2.8 cm (0.75 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat grasses. The adults drink nectar from daisies.
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 32 seconds
How big is Yellow satin veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yellow satin veneer about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its front wings are very shiny, like satin cloth.
2
It flies from July to August.
3
Its back wings are grey.
you asked
Most asked questions about Yellow satin veneer
?What does the yellow satin veneer eat?
The caterpillars eat grasses, and the adults drink nectar from daisies.
?When does the yellow satin veneer fly?
In July and August.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Crambus perlella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Crambus perlella (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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