LUNA MOTHS🦋
According to www.butterfliesandmoths.org here are some facts about Luna Moths:
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Saturniinae
Identification: Hindwings have long curving tails. Wings are pale green, each with a transparent eyespot. Outer margins are pink in the southern spring brood, yellow in the southern summer brood and in northern populations.
Wing Span: 2 15/16 - 4 1/8 inches (7.5 - 10.5 cm).
Life History: Adults are very strong fliers and are attracted to lights. Mating takes place after midnight, and egg-laying begins that evening. Females lay eggs in small groups or singly on both surfaces of host plant leaves. The eggs hatch in about one week and the caterpillars are sedentary and solitary feeders. Leaves and silk are used to spin papery brown cocoons in litter under the host plant.
Flight: One brood from May-July in the north, two to three broods from March-September in the south.
Caterpillar Hosts: A variety of trees including white birch (Betula papyrifera), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), hickories (Carya), walnuts (Juglans), and sumacs.
Habitat: Deciduous hardwood forests.
Range: Common. Nova Scotia west to Saskatchewan and eastern North Dakota; south to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and eastern Texas.
When i went to Falls Mill I saw this:
This is a luna moth cocoon about 2 months old.
This is what the luna moth caterpillar looks like.
This is what an adult luna moth looks like.
I found this video on YouTube from Jeff Trambacki:
According to www.butterfliesandmoths.org here are some facts about Luna Moths:
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Saturniinae
Identification: Hindwings have long curving tails. Wings are pale green, each with a transparent eyespot. Outer margins are pink in the southern spring brood, yellow in the southern summer brood and in northern populations.
Wing Span: 2 15/16 - 4 1/8 inches (7.5 - 10.5 cm).
Life History: Adults are very strong fliers and are attracted to lights. Mating takes place after midnight, and egg-laying begins that evening. Females lay eggs in small groups or singly on both surfaces of host plant leaves. The eggs hatch in about one week and the caterpillars are sedentary and solitary feeders. Leaves and silk are used to spin papery brown cocoons in litter under the host plant.
Flight: One brood from May-July in the north, two to three broods from March-September in the south.
Caterpillar Hosts: A variety of trees including white birch (Betula papyrifera), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), hickories (Carya), walnuts (Juglans), and sumacs.
Habitat: Deciduous hardwood forests.
Range: Common. Nova Scotia west to Saskatchewan and eastern North Dakota; south to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and eastern Texas.
When i went to Falls Mill I saw this:
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| This is a luna moth cocoon about 2 months old. |
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| This is what the luna moth caterpillar looks like. |
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This is what an adult luna moth looks like.
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Carnivorous Plants
Did you know there are plants that eat insects? They are called carnivorous plants. The plants attract the insects by looking like a regular flower and when the bug gets close enough, the plant closes and eats him! Here is a picture of a carnivorous plant called the Venus Fly Trap:
Here are some more carnivorous plants:
These plants have pollen inside of them to attracts bugs. When the bugs come in, they close and eat them!
Thank you for reading!
that is really cool
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