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title: "Beautiful Wood-nymph"
description: "Eudryas grata — Owady i pająki. Eudryas grata is a moth known as the beautiful wood nymph."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/beautiful-wood-nymph
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beautiful Wood-nymph

> Eudryas grata — Owady i pająki. Eudryas grata is a moth known as the beautiful wood nymph.

- Scientific name: *Eudryas grata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 15139
- Wikidata: [Q5406777](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5406777)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84333)

## Names

- en: Beautiful Wood-nymph

## Countries with the most observations

US (11421), CA (3353)

## Summary

Eudryas grata is a moth known as the beautiful wood nymph. They are known for their mimicry of bird droppings. This species is found predominantly across the entire eastern United States. Hosts for the caterpillar include Ampelopsis, buttonbush, grapes, hops, and Virginia creeper.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudryas_grata

## Photo

![Beautiful Wood-nymph](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/beautiful-wood-nymph/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Dziak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228625109

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/beautiful-wood-nymph?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).