#2507 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Emerald

🇳🇱 Kleine zomervlinder ·Hemithea aestivaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Александр Корепанов · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Stadspolder, Dordrecht, Nederland:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
10. Telderskade, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL:© thomasvaer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species is found throughout the Nearctic and Palearctic regions and the Near East. It is mostly commonly found in the southern half of the British Isles. It was accidentally introduced into southern British Columbia in 1979.

base stats

NL sightings 220iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,541iNaturalist 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).