Libelloides coccajus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Libelloides coccajus, the "owly sulphur", is an owlfly species belonging to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rome | 🇮🇹 Italy |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Owly Sulphur sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 269th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Owly Sulphur in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Owly Sulphur sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Owly Sulphur sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 20%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%).
Same order: Neuroptera
The closest relatives of the Owly Sulphur that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (order Neuroptera, Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies) are Giant Stream Lacewing (about 10%), Hook-Winged Lacewing (about 10%) and Variegated Brown Lacewing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Owly Sulphur is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (20 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.
