Clouded tiger moth
Creatonotos transiens
The clouded tiger moth lives in many parts of Asia, from Afghanistan to Japan. It flies at night. Soon after sunset the males puff out special scent tubes to attract a partner.
Lives in
Southern and eastern Asia, in fields, gardens and open bushy places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars are not fussy. They eat many plants, such as beet, maize, beans, bananas and willow.
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)
Clouded tiger 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 males have tubes they can blow up like little balloons to spread their scent.
2
Meeting a partner happens within a couple of hours after sunset.
3
The caterpillars are dark brown with a very pale yellow stripe down the back.
4
It often lives in places people have changed, like fields and plantations.
you asked
Most asked questions about Clouded tiger moth
?Where does the clouded tiger moth live?
In Asia, from Afghanistan and India to China, Japan, Borneo and Bali.
?What do clouded tiger moth caterpillars eat?
Lots of different plants, including maize, beans, bananas and willow.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Creatonotos transiens
- Named by
- Walker, 1855
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Creatonotos transiens (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 Hsu Hong Lin. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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