#2920 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Early Grey

🇳🇱 Kamperfoelie-uil ·Xylocampa areola

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
2. © mazeson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Figueiró dos Vinhos, 3260, Portugal:© Paulo Martins · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Arnino:© Lorenzo Vanni · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31 6PR, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31 6PR, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31 6PR, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31 6PR, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tring Road Shops, Reading RG31 6PR, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Morocco.

base stats

NL sightings 19iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,074iNaturalist 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 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
5,074 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789 (237 years ago).