#2457 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Heart and Dart

🇳🇱 Gewone worteluil ·Agrotis exclamationis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The heart and dart ( Agrotis exclamationis ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. A familiar moth to many, it is considered one of the most common of the European region. It occurs throughout the Palearctic ecozone from Ireland to Japan.

base stats

NL sightings 384iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,681iNaturalist 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).