Powdered dagger
Acronicta impleta
The powdered dagger is a grey night moth from North America. Dagger moths get their name from small dark marks on their wings that look like tiny daggers. Its caterpillar lives in leafy trees.
Lives in
Most of North America, near leafy trees
Wingspan
4.2 cm (1.7 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a moth that cannot bite or sting. Like with any hairy caterpillar, look and do not touch.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of elm, maple, birch, willow and oak 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 Powdered 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)
Powdered dagger about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
With its wings spread out it is about 4 centimetres wide.
2
The moths fly from April to July, depending on where they live.
3
Its other name is the yellow-haired dagger moth.
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Most asked questions about Powdered dagger
?What does the powdered dagger caterpillar eat?
Leaves of trees such as elm, maple, birch, willow and oak.
?When does the powdered dagger fly?
From April to July, depending on the place.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acronicta impleta
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Yellow-haired dagger moth
Where the facts come from
- Acronicta impleta (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. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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