#2798 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Pug

🇳🇱 Gewone dwergspanner ·Eupithecia vulgata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © janet graham · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ash David · CC0
6. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
9. Oosterland, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common pug (Eupithecia vulgata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region, including the Near East and North Africa. It ranges from the Atlantic coast of Ireland and Portugal across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to the Russian Far East (Priamurje) and Korea.

base stats

NL sightings 44iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,542iNaturalist 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).