Pine Carpet

Pennithera firmata

Pine Carpet (Pennithera firmata)
Image: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA, wikipedia

Thera firmata, the pine carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe, Anatolia and countries bordering the Caucasus Mountains. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 960 times across 11 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

See the Pine Carpet on the live map

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
Europe10 August 202624 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.