Large maple spanworm moth
Prochoerodes lineola
The large maple spanworm moth is a geometer moth from North America. Geometer caterpillars are called inchworms or spanworms, because they loop their bodies as they walk, as if measuring the ground. Its caterpillars eat almost anything green.
Lives in
North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Texas and Alberta
Wingspan
3.5 to 5 cm (1.4 to 2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat leaves of many plants, like apple, maple, oak, blueberry, cherry and even grass.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Large maple spanworm moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Large maple spanworm moth about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars have been found on more than a dozen kinds of plants.
2
In the south the moths fly from April to October.
3
In the north they only fly from July to September.
you asked
Most asked questions about Large maple spanworm moth
?What does the large maple spanworm eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of maple and many other plants.
?How big is the large maple spanworm moth?
Its wings are about 3.5 to 5 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Prochoerodes lineola
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Large maple spanworm
Where the facts come from
- Prochoerodes lineola (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 Jessica Lawrence, Smithers Viscient, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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