#2558 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Swan Moth

🇳🇱 Donsvlinder ·Sphrageidus similis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © naturalhistoryman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © giorege1959 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
4. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
6. © Danny Chapman · CC BY 4.0
7. © collybita11 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-tail , goldtail moth or swan moth ( Euproctis similis ) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is distributed throughout Europe to the Urals, then east across the Palearctic to Siberia. It is also found in Sri Lanka.

base stats

NL sightings 153iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,470iNaturalist 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).