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Grass Eggar

🇳🇱 Kleine hageheld ·Lasiocampa trifolii

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Grass Eggar, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lasiocampa trifolii , the grass eggar , is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 107iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,354iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 107 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 9,354 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Grass Eggar
Nederlands
Kleine hageheld
scientific name
Lasiocampa trifolii
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Lasiocampidae
sightings in NL
107
sightings in Europe
8,099
sightings worldwide
9,354
GBIF records in NL
7,175
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Michael Denis

relatives· Lasiocampidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 335607, Wikidata Q261017, GBIF 1734704, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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