Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

base stats

• NL sightings 177iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 14,094iNaturalist 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 177 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍14,094 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 (267 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

Nederlands

Variabele vierbandspanner

scientific name

Xanthorhoe ferrugata

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Geometridae

sightings in NL

177

sightings in Europe

4,026

sightings worldwide

14,094

GBIF records in NL

9,305

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1759 by Carl Alexander Clerck