Beggar moth
Eubaphe mendica
The beggar moth is a small moth from eastern North America. You can see it for a long part of the year, from late spring until autumn. Its caterpillars munch on maple leaves and violets.
Lives in
Eastern North America
Wingspan
2.1 to 3 cm (0.83 to 1.2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a moth that cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat the leaves of maple trees and violets.
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 Beggar moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Beggar moth 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 wings are 21 to 30 millimetres from tip to tip.
2
It has three families of young every year.
3
The moths fly from May to September.
you asked
Most asked questions about Beggar moth
?What does the beggar moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat maple leaves and violets.
?When does the beggar moth fly?
From May to September.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eubaphe mendica
- Named by
- Walker, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Beggar
Where the facts come from
- Eubaphe mendica (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 Mike Boone. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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