#2388 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Yellow Underwing

🇳🇱 Huismoeder ·Noctua pronuba

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

what is it?

The large yellow underwing ( Noctua pronuba ) is a moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. It is an abundant species throughout the Palearctic ecozone, one of the most common and most familiar moths of the region. In some years the species is highly migratory with large numbers appearing suddenly in marginal parts of the range.

base stats

NL sightings 3,190iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 132,392iNaturalist 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 3,190 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #4 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
132,392 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).