Common marble
Syricoris lacunana
The common marble is a small moth with grey-brown wings crossed by thin silvery lines, like marble stone. It flies at dusk. Its brown caterpillars are not fussy eaters.
Lives in
Europe and Asia
Wingspan
1.6 to 1.8 cm (0.63 to 0.71 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many soft plants, like wild carrot, mint, marsh marigold, buttercups and thistles.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 40 seconds
How big is Common marble compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Common marble about 9.4 km/h (5.8 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It becomes active at dusk, when the light fades.
2
Its caterpillars grow up to about 1.5 centimetres long.
3
Over the years scientists gave it more than 15 different names.
4
It is easy to mix up with several other small moths.
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Most asked questions about Common marble
?What does the common marble caterpillar eat?
Many plants, such as wild carrot, mint, buttercups and thistles.
?When does the common marble fly?
From late April to September, at dusk.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Syricoris lacunana
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Dark strawberry tortrix
Where the facts come from
- Syricoris lacunana (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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