#2914 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pine-tree Lappet
🇳🇱 Dennenspinner ·Dendrolimus pini
📍 Gelderland, NL
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 Nunspeet, Nederland
📍 8076 Vierhouten, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Philip Sansum · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © gbohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Gelderland, NL:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Nunspeet, Nederland:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 8076 Vierhouten, Netherlands:© Phillip Cochrane · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Dendrolimus pini , the pine-tree lappet , is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in most of Europe ranging to Eastern Asia.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 23 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,396 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pine-tree Lappet
- Nederlands
- Dennenspinner
- scientific name
- Dendrolimus pini
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Lasiocampidae
- sightings in NL
- 23
- sightings in Europe
- 4,512
- sightings worldwide
- 5,396
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,801
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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#2483 📷 7Oak Eggar
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👀 295 in NL
#2511 📷 10The Lackey
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👀 211 in NL
#2614 📷 7Grass Eggar
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👀 107 in NL
#2733 📷 10Ground Lackey
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👀 57 in NL
#3094 📷 8Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 354881, Wikidata Q1423828, GBIF 1733484, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.