#2857 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Blotched Emerald

🇳🇱 Gevlekte zomervlinder ·Comibaena bajularia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schinveld, Nederland:© Co Waalen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The blotched emerald ( Comibaena bajularia ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe and the Near East. It has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, but is absent from Scotland and Ireland.

base stats

NL sightings 34iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,393iNaturalist 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).