Ancylis mitterbacheriana
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ancylis mitterbacheriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. The wingspan is about 13–17 mm. The forewings are ferruginous. The costa is strigulated with black and posteriorly with white. There is a subquadrate dark ferruginous-brown dorsal blotch reaching from the base to the middle, posteriorly whitish-edged and a thick very oblique deep ferruginous streak from middle of costa, sometimes reaching termen beneath apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is dull green; head and plate of 2 yellow -brownish, blackish-marked Julius von Kennel provides a full description.
Adults are on wing from May to June. The larvae feed on Quercus, Malus and Fagus species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Roller sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 727th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Roller in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Roller sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Bavarian Forest National Park, in our data
Bavarian Forest National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red Roller sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ancylis
The closest relatives of the Red Roller that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (genus Ancylis) are Aspen Roller (about 10%) and Buckthorn Roller (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Roller is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (7 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.
