Artace cribrarius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Artace cribrarius, the dot-lined white, is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Sven Ingemar Ljungh in 1825. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dot-Lined White sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 154th most-seen of the 262 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dot-Lined White in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in March and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dot-Lined White sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dot-Lined White sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Great Smoky Mountains National Park (United States, about 10%) and Shenandoah National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Dot-Lined White that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are White Peacock (about 40%), Gulf Fritillary (about 40%) and Queen (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dot-Lined White is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (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.
