Treble Bar

Aplocera plagiata

Treble Bar (Aplocera plagiata)
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Aplocera plagiata, known as the treble-bar or St. John's wort inchworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 66 times across 4 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 48°N in May to 59°N in August, about 1,300 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe18 May 202610 August 202631 August 20262

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.