Epinotia tedella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Epinotia tedella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The face and palpi are whitish. The forewings are pale brownish, strigulated or often wholly suffused with dark fuscous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with white. Sometimes there is a whitish fascia within the basal patch. The central fascia is narrowed towards the costa and limited by two pairs of silvery-white or grey sometimes almost obsolete striae, the first somewhat curved, the second somewhat interrupted in middle. The posterior of the disc is often whitish-mixed. The termen is hardly sinuate. There is a white subapical dash in cilia. The hindwings are grey. The larva is green with a subdorsal line rather broad, reddish-grey; head and plate of 2 black.
The moth flies in one generation from April to June. In warm years there can be a second generation in August. [1] The larvae mainly feed on Norway spruce. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Spruce Bell sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 523rd most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Spruce Bell in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Spruce Bell sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Common Spruce Bell sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Spruce Bell is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
