#2921 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Tau Emperor Moth
🇳🇱 Tauvlinder ·Aglia tau
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © bayucca · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Tau Emperor (Aglia tau) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Europe.
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 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,667 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Tau Emperor Moth
- Nederlands
- Tauvlinder
- scientific name
- Aglia tau
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Saturniidae
- sightings in NL
- 19
- sightings in Europe
- 4,095
- sightings worldwide
- 4,667
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,622
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Saturniidae
#2584 📷 7Small Emperor Moth
🇳🇱 Nachtpauwoog
Saturnia pavonia
👀 126 in NL
#3080 📷 7Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
LC 🌍 83.6k seen
#3088 📷 9North American Luna Moth
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse maanvlinder
Actias luna
🌍 71k seen
#3127 📷 7Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
🌍 35.2k seen
#3131 📷 10Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
🌍 34.5k seen
#3133 📷 10Io Moth
Automeris io
🌍 34.4k seen
#3012 📷 7Giant Peacock Moth
🇳🇱 Grote nachtpauwoog
Saturnia pyri
🌍 9.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 125099, Wikidata Q1401296, GBIF 5124911, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.