Bembecia ichneumoniformis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Bembecia ichneumoniformis, the six-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. This species can be found in most of Europe and Asia Minor, the Caucasus, northern Iran and the Near East. Bembecia ichneumoniformis prefers calcareous soils, sea-cliffs and quarries.
The wingspan of Bembecia ichneumoniformis can reach 15–21 millimetres (0.59–0.83 in). The body of these moths is black, with six yellow narrow transversal bands in males (hence the common name), while the females may have only five yellow bands. The antennae of this insect are relatively thick. In males, they are typically black. In females, the antennae can be either black with an ocher (yellowish-brown) band or predominantly ocher with a black tip. The forewings exhibit a distinct pattern: a yellowish or orange apex, a yellow-orange spot that separates two transparent areas, and brownish-orange margins. A key feature is the abdominal brush, which is black with yellow lines. The legs are yellow.
Pyropteron muscaeformis, Bembecia scopigera and Bembecia albanensis are examples of rather similar species. In general, there is a great similarity to other Bembecia species... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Belted Clearwing sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 661st 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Six-Belted Clearwing in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Six-Belted Clearwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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 Six-Belted Clearwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Six-Belted Clearwing that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are European Peacock Butterfly (about 40%), Common Blue (about 30%) and Meadow Brown (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Six-Belted Clearwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (8 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.
