#2653 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Emerald

🇳🇱 Zomervlinder ·Geometra papilionaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Loon op Zand, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Jonaserf, Wenum-Wiesel, Gelderland, NL:© Peter Birdsall · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. 8891 Midsland, Nederland:© Laura · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Het Katlijker Schar (Ketliker Skar). (Natuurgebied van It Fryske Gea)., Schoterlandseweg 26, 8455 JG Katlijk, Nederland:© Durk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The large emerald , (Geometra papilionaria) , is a moth, the type species for the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.

base stats

NL sightings 85iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,968iNaturalist 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).