Afflicted dagger
Acronicta afflicta
The afflicted dagger is a moth from North America. It lives from Canada down through the United States to northern Mexico. Its caterpillars grow up on oak trees.
Lives in
Southeastern Canada, much of the eastern United States and northern Mexico, near oak trees
Wingspan
3.6 cm (1.4 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 different kinds of oak trees.
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 29 seconds
How big is Afflicted dagger 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)
Afflicted dagger 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 about 36 millimetres from tip to tip.
2
The moths fly from May to September, depending on where they live.
3
It lives in Canadian provinces like Ontario and Quebec, in many US states, and in northern Mexico.
you asked
Most asked questions about Afflicted dagger
?What does the afflicted dagger eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of oak trees.
?Where does the afflicted dagger live?
In southeastern Canada, the eastern United States and northern Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acronicta afflicta
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Afflicted dagger moth
Where the facts come from
- Acronicta afflicta (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 Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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