#2820 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Antler Moth

🇳🇱 Bonte grasuil ·Cerapteryx graminis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Warten, Nederland:© l_delhaye · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6814 GR Arnhem, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Cerapteryx graminis , the antler moth , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species throughout most of Europe but is lacking in the very dry southern regions. The northernmost occurrence is Iceland, and above the Arctic circle. It also occurs in Siberia and in North Mongolia. The species has been introduced to North America. In the Alps it rises to an altitude of 2100 meters.

base stats

NL sightings 39iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,262iNaturalist 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).