#2419 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Fox Moth

🇳🇱 Veelvraat ·Macrothylacia rubi

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden. Thanks for 100,000 views · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Michael Bierbaumer · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © nemo5576 · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Macrothylacia rubi , the fox moth , is a lepidopteran belonging to the family Lasiocampidae....

base stats

NL sightings 661iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,111iNaturalist 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 661 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #35 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
40,111 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).