#2876 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Green Forester Moth
🇳🇱 Metaalvlinder ·Adscita statices
📍 6731 Otterlo, Nederland
📍 5856 Wellerlooi, Niederlande
📍 6099 Beegden, Niederlande
📍 Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland
📍 7784 DA Ane, Nederland
📍 Ottersum, Limburg, NL
📍 5032 PN Tilburg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Darius Baužys · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Mathieu Derume · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 5856 Wellerlooi, Niederlande:© Peter Bönnen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 6099 Beegden, Niederlande:© Peter Bönnen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 7784 DA Ane, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ottersum, Limburg, NL:© wasdadan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Tia l'Amie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5032 PN Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Adscita statices , the green forester , is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Europe, Mongolia and western Russia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,013 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Green Forester Moth
- Nederlands
- Metaalvlinder
- scientific name
- Adscita statices
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Zygaenidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 3,360
- sightings worldwide
- 8,013
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,199
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Zygaenidae
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Zygaena filipendulae
👀 454 in NL
#2959 📷 10Five-spot Burnet
🇳🇱 Vijfvlek-sint-jansvlinder
Zygaena trifolii
👀 4 in NL
#3010 📷 10narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
🇳🇱 Valse vijfvlek-sint-jansvlinder
Zygaena lonicerae
🌍 10.1k seen
#3018 📷 10Transalpine burnet moth
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke sint-jansvlinder
Zygaena transalpina
LC 🌍 8.4k seen
#3031 📷 10Slender Scotch Burnet
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Zygaena loti
🌍 6.1k seen
#3055 📷 10Chalk Burnet
Zygaena fausta
🌍 4.4k seen
#3060 📷 9Crepuscular Burnet
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🌍 4.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 333243, Wikidata Q338461, GBIF 4522753, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.