Dark arches
The dark arches is a night-flying moth with wings that can be pale grey-brown or almost black. The pattern on its wings helps it hide on tree bark. Most of them have a black mark and a pale zigzag line on the front wings.
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Fun facts
It is one of the most common moths in Europe, and some years there are lots and lots of them.
It is found high in the Alps too, up to 2500 metres above the sea.
Its caterpillar spends the winter in the ground and turns into a moth the next summer.
On summer nights it flies to lamps and lit windows.
Most asked questions about Dark arches
?Is the dark arches moth harmful?
No. It is a harmless moth that flies at night and drinks from flowers.
?What does the dark arches caterpillar eat?
It eats the roots of many kinds of grasses.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Apamea monoglypha
- Named by
- Hufnagel, 1766
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Apamea monoglypha (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 Ivar Leidus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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