Grass eggar
Lasiocampa trifolii
Snout moths
(Lasiocampidae)
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Large brown butterfly with a small white marking on its front wing with a dark curved line with a variable brightness. The ♂ has large comb antennae. The sturdy caterpillar has a dark coloured hairy body with yellow-white hairs, the head has orange-red markings with black and white. When threatened it curls suddenly. ⇔ wsp. 35-66 mm LA: ≈ The LASIOCAMPA QUERCUS (Oak Eggar) is larger with clearer markings and a wider light coloured area, the caterpillar, however, is darker.
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40-70 mm
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> 40 mm
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1 LookAlikes (LA):
Oak eggar
Grass eggar
Kleine hageheld
Kleespinner
Bombyx du trèfle
Bombice del trifoglio
Lasiocampa trifolii [L.]
Lasiocampa trifolii [L.]
Коконопряд клеверный
Lasiocampa trifolii [L.]
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