#2764 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

European Corn Borer Moth

🇳🇱 Maïsboorder ·Ostrinia nubilalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © geoclaudia · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Goirle, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European corn worm or European corn borer ( Ostrinia nubilalis ), also known as the European high-flyer, is a pest of grain, particularly maize. The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet, including broom corn. The European corn borer (ECB) was first reported in North America in 1917 in Massachusetts, but was probably introduced from Europe several years earlier. Since its initial discovery in the Americas, the insect has spread into Canada and westward...

base stats

NL sightings 51iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,527iNaturalist 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).