Common angle
Macaria aemulataria
The common angle is a small moth from North America. Its caterpillars live on maple trees. It flies in summer.
Lives in
North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Texas, Oregon and Alberta
Wingspan
2 to 2.2 cm (0.79 to 0.87 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of maple trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 38 seconds
How big is Common angle compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Common angle about 10 km/h (6.2 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 wings measure only about 2 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
In Alberta it flies only from mid-June to mid-July, but in Ohio from May to September.
3
It lives in a huge area, from the Atlantic coast of Canada down to Florida and across to Oregon.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common angle
?What does the common angle eat?
Its caterpillars eat maple leaves.
?Is the common angle dangerous?
No. It is a tiny, harmless moth.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Macaria aemulataria
- Named by
- Walker, 1861
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Common angle moth
Where the facts come from
- Macaria aemulataria (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 John B.. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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