March moth
The March moth is a brownish grey moth that flies in early spring, when it is still cold. The boys have wings, but the girls have none at all. They crawl up tree trunks instead of flying.
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Fun facts
As its name says, it flies in March and April.
The wingless girls are only about 1 centimetre long.
Its mouth for drinking is tiny and does not work well.
The caterpillar is pale green and smooth, and grows to about 2.6 centimetres long.
It can be a pest in orchards, because its caterpillars eat the leaves of fruit trees.
Most asked questions about March moth
?Why is it called the March moth?
Because the grown-up moths fly in March and April.
?Can the March moth fly?
Only the boys can. The girls have no wings and crawl.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Alsophila aescularia
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Alsophila aescularia (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 picture taken by Olaf Leillinger. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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