#2743 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Blue-bordered Carpet

🇳🇱 Blauwrandspanner ·Plemyria rubiginata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Assen, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. 3522 JN Utrecht, Netherlands:© Robert Luttik · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
5. 6909 AL Babberich, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zevenaar, Nederland:© Mathijs · CC BY 4.0
8. Doldersum, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. 9351 Leek, Nederland:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Plemyria rubiginata , the blue-bordered carpet , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The distribution area extends through Western and Central Europe including the British Isles, and continues through the temperate zone of the Palearctic to the Russian Far East Siberia and Japan. It rises to an altitude of 1500 metres in the Alps.

base stats

NL sightings 56iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,526iNaturalist 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).