#2569 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Jersey Tiger
🇳🇱 Spaanse Vlag ·Euplagia quadripunctaria
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what is it?
Euplagia quadripunctaria , the Jersey tiger , is a day-flying moth of the family Erebidae. 6 in), and they fly from July to September, depending on the location. They tend to fly close to Eupatorium cannabinum , where they are hard to notice because of their camouflage.
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 144 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 45,844 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Jersey Tiger
- Nederlands
- Spaanse Vlag
- scientific name
- Euplagia quadripunctaria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 144
- sightings in Europe
- 43,024
- sightings worldwide
- 45,844
- GBIF records in NL
- 11,297
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118936, Wikidata Q937987, GBIF 4532532, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.