#2426 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Ruby Tiger Moth

🇳🇱 Kleine beer ·Phragmatobia fuliginosa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © James Senn · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Beate & Heinz Beyerlein · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © praposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © praposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phragmatobia fuliginosa , the ruby tiger , is a moth of the family Erebidae.

base stats

NL sightings 588iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,957iNaturalist 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 588 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #42 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
40,957 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).