#2587 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dotted Border Moth

🇳🇱 Grote voorjaarsspanner ·Agriopis marginaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Croxteth Park Volunteer Group · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andreas Manz · CC0
7. © Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
8. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agriopis marginaria , the dotted border , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe, except the far north, and the Near East.

base stats

NL sightings 125iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,668iNaturalist observations

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).