Orange Swift Moth vs Pipe-organ Mud Wasp

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Orange Swift Moth	Pipe-organ Mud Wasp
Scientific Name	Triodia sylvina	Trypoxylon figulus
Order	Lepidoptera	Hymenoptera
Family	Hepialidae	Crabronidae
Size	28–48 mm wingspan	8-12 mm
Habitat	Underground	Underground
Diet	Root Feeders	Predators
Regions	Europe, Western Asia	Europe
Conservation	Not Evaluated	Least Concern

Orange Swift Moth

A ghost moth whose larvae bore into the roots of various trees and herbaceous plants. Males have bright orange forewings with pale markings.

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Did You Know?

Males perform a slow pendulum-like hovering display at dusk to attract females with their scent glands.

Pipe-organ Mud Wasp

A slender black solitary wasp that builds mud-tube nests in hollow stems and holes, provisioning them with paralyzed spiders. Named for the organ-pipe arrangement of its mud cells.

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Builds multiple tube-shaped mud cells arranged like the pipes of a church organ.