#2455 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Least Carpet
🇳🇱 Schaduwstipspanner ·Idaea rusticata
📍 5836 BB Sambeek, Nederland
📍 Mient, The Hague, South Holland, NL
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 5694 Breugel, Nederland
📍 5694 Breugel, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © praposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. 5836 BB Sambeek, Nederland:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Mient, The Hague, South Holland, NL:© dewitte111 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The least carpet ( Idaea rusticata , or I. vulpinaria ) is a moth of the family Geometridae.
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 389 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 13,234 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Least Carpet
- Nederlands
- Schaduwstipspanner
- scientific name
- Idaea rusticata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 389
- sightings in Europe
- 12,746
- sightings worldwide
- 13,234
- GBIF records in NL
- 28,320
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
🇳🇱 Hagedoornvlinder
Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 450926, Wikidata Q143144, GBIF 5147478, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.