Wednesday 22 May 2013

Luna moths



today i am doing three animals because i have not done it for two days my first animal is the Luna moth. to start of the Luna moth has a wingspan of 14 inches. the Luna moth also has two sets of wings two at the front two two at the back.  as you can see the Luna moth has a pale green wings with brown spots that sort of look like eyes. these "eyes" are used to scare away its predators the eyes confuse the predator so it leaves. it also blends in or the real word is to camouflage. the Luna moth camouflages with leaves on the tree. when the Luna moth cameo's, it spreads its wings out so you can not see its white body or its pinkish legs. the Luna moth is also nocturnal. of course it eats leaves because it is a moth. well  mos tpeople think that but the Luna moth doesn't eat at all it doesn't even have a mouth.  they only live a week in that week the Luna moth has to mate. when the female mates she lays 200 eggs on a tree the main tree they lay their eggs on is a black walnut tree leaves. the caterpillar eats but then goes into a cocoon and pupates. when the Luna moth has its wings it can't even use them.  it hangs upside down so the blood flows into its wings and then at night the Luna moth flies of to find a mate. the maleand the female can be told apart because the male has bushier intenas  than the females. luuna moths are found in all of north americs but are endangered in most of the areas. the last thing is a really cool fact that scientist can not explain. when  a moth and butterfly pupate. there entire DNA changes. the next one is the dumbo octopus.

1 comment:

  1. I have only seen one here a couple of times. I didn't know that they only lived a week. Thanks for the very interesting facts!

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