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*''Biston betularia vlachi''
*''Biston betularia vlachi''
==Life cycle==
May to August is the breeding season for peppered moths, with adults on the wing during night hours. Females lay up to 2,000 eggs within the bark of trees, and the emerging young disperse on silk threads via the wind, landing on trees or other plants. They grow into two-inch caterpillars, feeding off the host plant by night; by day they rest motionless, blending in with the plant as a "twig". By September, they migrate to the ground and bury themselves in the soil, entering the pupal stage for the winter and emerging in the spring as an adult moth.
[[Category:Insects]]
[[Category:Insects]]