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Wood Leopard Moth / Granotoč ♀

Zeuzera pyrina

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a highly distinctive species with a very furry white thorax marked with six black spots and heavily spotted white wings. The wingspan is 35 - 60 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.
The caterpillars feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, feeding internally for two or three years in the stems and branches before emerging to pupate under the bark. It can be a pest of fruit production. Eggs are 1 mm big and yellowish color.

Habitat:

It is found primarily in Europe. It was introduced into the northeastern United States prior to 1879 and has a range extending from Maine to Pennsylvania.

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Comments (9)

najljepši do sada, definitivno!! :D
jel da ;) ovo je bio ne-planski spotting, naime isla sam s biciklom i stala poput vode i onda vidim ovo i rasveselim se na desetu! ;)
ajoj, predivno! isplatilo se čekati da ga vidim :)
hairy chic coats in the summer ;)
I love these moths with their winter coats.
Is a female actually, I mean, I wouldn't know that but she was laying some eggs around ;) yes must be a cool-looking meal for some grayish-boring-no-no-exotic birds ;D
hahaha! It must have been a male! At least that thing is like a a colourful and exotic "big mac" to some of your birds arount there... And a nice spotting for us to appreciate :)
Tnx, totally ;) I was so happy to find some exotic-patterned something here in Europe, I have even let it try my bike ;D seriously, but it flew away, but when I read that it is one of the major pests cause it eats and digs in the trees, our friendship become questionable ;)
Nice series! And you two even became friends :P

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