Angulose prominent
Peridea angulosa
The angulose prominent is a medium sized moth from North America. It flies at night in summer. Its caterpillars live on oak trees.
Lives in
From southern Canada to Florida and Texas, in oak woods
Wingspan
3.5 to 4.5 cm (1.4 to 1.8 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of oak trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 8 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Angulose prominent 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)
Angulose prominent about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The grown-up moths fly from May to August.
2
Its caterpillars only need oak leaves to grow big.
3
It belongs to a moth family called prominents.
you asked
Most asked questions about Angulose prominent
?What does the angulose prominent eat?
Its caterpillars eat oak leaves.
?How big is the angulose prominent?
Its open wings measure about 3.5 to 4.5 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Peridea angulosa
- Named by
- Smith, 1797
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Peridea angulosa (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 Greg Hume. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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