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DARAPSA MYRON [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Wingspan 2-23/4". Fore wings tan to greenish gray, banded broadly with dark brown or olive. Hind wings brownish orange ... Food: Caterpillar eats foliage of Virginia creeper and grape ... Unlike most adults, these moths do not visit flowers but feed on decaying fruit and fermenting tree sap. Their caterpillars spin loose silken cocoons on the ground among soil litter where they overwinter as pupae ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

[Le nom «Sphinx» provient du fait que] les chenilles des Sphinx sont munies d'une corne à l'extrémité abdominale. Effrayées, elles prennent une position qui ressemble fort à celle du Sphinx d'Égypte.

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