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Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis
Insecta
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few weeks
Size
Medium
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Warning Colors
Status
Common

About

This day-flying tiger moth mimics a wasp with its slender dark body, smoky wings, and a bright orange-yellow collar behind its head. Despite the wasp-like disguise, it's a harmless moth often seen sipping nectar on goldenrod and other late-summer flowers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A tiny ribbed egg laid on the underside of a host-plant leaf, hatching within days.
  2. 2.
    caterpillar
    A voracious caterpillar feeds and molts through several instars, growing rapidly.
  3. 3.
    cocoon
    A silk cocoon spun in leaf litter or soil while the body remodels into a winged adult.
  4. 4.
    moth
    A winged adult with feathery antennae and scaled wings, most active after dark.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Cisseps
Species
Cisseps fulvicollis