#2807 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Sandy Carpet

🇳🇱 Silenespanner ·Perizoma flavofasciata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden. Thanks for 150,000 views · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
3. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
5. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Educatief Centrum De Oeverlanden,, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. 4307 Oosterland, Nederland:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sandy carpet or sandy rivulet ( Perizoma flavofasciata ) is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe and northern Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 42iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,400iNaturalist 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).