#2432 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

White Ermine

🇳🇱 Witte tijger ·Spilosoma lubricipeda

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Anna Nikolenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
3. © Alex Press · CC BY 4.0
4. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
5. 9403 Assen, Nederland:© Patrick Koster · CC BY 4.0
6. Heesbeen:© jurathi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Siegerpark Amsterdam:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9461 Gieten, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Landsmeer:© helenika · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Spilosoma lubricipeda , the white ermine , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur.

base stats

NL sightings 523iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,350iNaturalist 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 523 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #48 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
23,350 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).