Fatal metalmark
Calephelis nemesis
The fatal metalmark is a tiny brown butterfly. Its wings are only about 2 cm across. It lives in dry canyons near rivers in the southern United States and Mexico.
Lives in
The southern United States and Mexico, in dry canyons near rivers, by roads and in dry stream beds
Wingspan
2 to 2.5 cm (0.79 to 0.98 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups drink from flowers. The caterpillars eat plants like clematis, brittlebush and seep willow.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 39 seconds
How big is Fatal metalmark compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Fatal metalmark about 9.7 km/h (6 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
Another name for it is the dusky metalmark.
2
There are four kinds of it, living in Arizona, Mexico, Texas and California.
3
Its caterpillars eat clematis vines.
you asked
Most asked questions about Fatal metalmark
?Where does the fatal metalmark live?
In the southern United States and Mexico, in dry canyons near rivers.
?How big is the fatal metalmark?
It is tiny. Its open wings are only about 2 to 2.5 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calephelis nemesis
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Riodinidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Riodinidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Dusky metalmark
Where the facts come from
- Calephelis nemesis (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 Mike. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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