Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)
Image: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA, wikipedia

Noctua fimbriata, the broad-bordered yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described in 1759 by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 303 times across 13 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

See the Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing on the live map

Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 45°N in June to 58°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
Europe1 June 202610 August 20267 September 20264

Download every area as CSV

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