Bronzed cutworm moth
Nephelodes minians
The bronzed cutworm moth is a brownish night moth from North America. It flies in late summer and autumn. Its caterpillar lives in grassy places and munches on grasses.
Lives in
Most of North America, except Florida and nearby states
Wingspan
4 cm (1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats many kinds of grasses, including cereal crops and corn.
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 Bronzed cutworm 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)
Bronzed cutworm 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 July to October, depending on where they live.
2
Its caterpillar can be a pest on farms because it eats cereal crops and corn.
3
There are three slightly different kinds of it, called subspecies.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bronzed cutworm moth
?What does the bronzed cutworm eat?
The caterpillar eats grasses, including cereal crops and corn.
?When do bronzed cutworm moths fly?
From July to October.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nephelodes minians
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Bronzed cutworm, Shaded umber moth
Where the facts come from
- Nephelodes minians (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 Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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