Spotted apatelodes moth
Apatelodes torrefacta
The spotted apatelodes is a moth from eastern North America. Its caterpillar changes colour as it grows. It starts out grey and turns bright yellow.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Maine and Ontario to Florida and Texas
Wingspan
3.2 to 4.2 cm (1.3 to 1.7 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat leaves of ash, cherry, maple 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 Spotted apatelodes moth 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)
Spotted apatelodes moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The moths fly from May to August.
2
In the south there are two generations a year, in the north only one.
3
It was first described in 1797, more than 200 years ago.
you asked
Most asked questions about Spotted apatelodes moth
?What does the spotted apatelodes eat?
Its caterpillars eat ash, cherry, maple and oak leaves.
?How big is the spotted apatelodes moth?
Its wings are about 3 to 4 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Apatelodes torrefacta
- Named by
- Smith, 1797
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Apatelodidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Apatelodidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Spotted apatelodes
Where the facts come from
- Apatelodes torrefacta (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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