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The White Ermine caterpillar, Spilosoma lubricipedia. The White Ermine caterpillars grow to approximately 40 mm in length, feed on a wide variety of herbaceous plants and are very easy to rear. The colour of the dorsal line of the fully grown caterpillar may be either red, orange or quite pale.
13 cze 2024 · Ermine moth caterpillars are known for their synchronized feeding behavior, with entire populations moving in unison to defoliate trees and shrubs. Some species of ermine moth caterpillars exhibit gregarious behavior, forming large clusters for protection and thermoregulation.
Learn about the White Ermine moth and their identification. Get details about their size, their life cycle, the caterpillar and their diet, the pupa and the adult moth.
Spilosoma lubricipeda, the white ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur. Caterpillar. Illustration from John Curtis 's British Entomology Volume 5.
Description. Wingspan 40mm. The fore-wing is normally white, but may sometimes be buff or even light brown. There are normally a good number of black spots, but these can be joined together in rows or even streaks. Habitat. Woodland, grassland and hedgerows. The larvae feed on a range of herbaceous plants including nettle and dock.
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda. (Linnaeus, 1758) Wingspan 34-48 mm. Widely distributed and fairly common over much of Britain, there is considerable variation in the degree of black speckling, and in certain parts of Scotland, there are forms with a buffish ground colour. It generally flies from May to July, sometimes later in the south.
Several species of small ermine moth have caterpillars that feed gregariously within sheets of webbing on plants. The caterpillars are creamy white with black spots.
