#2470 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Old Lady

🇳🇱 Zwart weeskind ·Mormo maura

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Hamon jp · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © albertorota · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ivica Pakrac · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-TI, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
8. 3432 Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. 3992 Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Mahlerpad, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL:© cjvdijk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mormo maura , the old lady or black underwing , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (found from north-western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the west in northern Ireland and central Scotland, in central Europe, in northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds.

base stats

NL sightings 340iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,075iNaturalist 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).