#2412 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Willow Beauty

🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner ·Peribatodes rhomboidaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, NL:© marcangel · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. De Leu, Oirsbeek, Limburg, NL:© hahnharry · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9351 Leek, Nederland:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3515 BE Utrecht, Nederland:© wolfshaar · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9351 Leek, Nederland:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The willow beauty ( Peribatodes rhomboidaria ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of Europe and adjacent regions (Near East and the Maghreb). While it is found widely throughout Scandinavian countries, which have a maritime climate, it is absent from parts of the former USSR which are at the same latitude but have a more continental climate.

base stats

NL sightings 725iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 46,193iNaturalist 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 725 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
46,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).