#2468 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Bee Moth

🇳🇱 Hommelnestmot ·Aphomia sociella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Benoit NABHOLZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Chris Schmidt · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jack Gelinas · CC0
4. © Pierre Laporte · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 9968 Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
6. Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Minervalaan, Rotterdam, South Holland, NL:© peter maaskant · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Aphomia sociella , also known as the bee moth and the bumble bee wax moth , is a small moth of the family Pyralidae (snout moths) and subfamily Galleriinae. Its body and forewings are typically reddish brown, tan, or dark green in color and females have a dark spot in the center of each forewing. The bee moth is native to Europe and are named "bee moths" because they seek out nests of bees and wasps to lay...

base stats

NL sightings 351iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,990iNaturalist 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).