Spruce Carpet
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The Spruce Carpet is a species of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

. Its wingspan is about 30–36 mm. It is a double-brooded species, meaning it has two broods in one year. Its wings are colored with different shades of gray, but the spring brood tends to have more brown colors. It is attracted to spruce
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...

trees. Its flight periods are April to late June (spring brood) and from the end of August to mid October (autumn brood).
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