#2465 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Garden Carpet
🇳🇱 Zwartbandspanner ·Xanthorhoe fluctuata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 9. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © ALLEMAND Guillaume · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The garden carpet ( Xanthorhoe fluctuata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant and familiar species across its huge range which covers the whole Palearctic region from Ireland to Japan and including the Near East and North Africa.
base stats
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 360 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 16,600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Garden Carpet
- Nederlands
- Zwartbandspanner
- scientific name
- Xanthorhoe fluctuata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 360
- sightings in Europe
- 15,585
- sightings worldwide
- 16,600
- GBIF records in NL
- 43,069
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
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Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 243705, Wikidata Q765903, GBIF 1986157, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.