#2887 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

European Oak Beauty

🇳🇱 Vroege spanner ·Biston strataria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Biston strataria , the oak beauty , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native to Europe, but is primarily found in the United Kingdom. B. strataria is found in a variety of habitats, but is mostly found in woodlands where it rests on the bark of trees, camouflaged by its mottled black and grey wings. The male has feather-like antennae while those of the female are more thread-like. The moth has a wingspan of 40...

base stats

NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,451iNaturalist 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).