Dark-Patch Carpet

Dark-Patch Carpet

Xanthorhoe anaspila

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Blue Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at Blue Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
8 In 1 park
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Dark-Patch Carpet

Xanthorhoe anaspila is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Dark-Patch Carpet in Blue Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-Patch Carpet sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 456th most-seen of the 789 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.

When is the best time to see a Dark-Patch Carpet in Blue Mountains National Park?

March–May and August–September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-Patch Carpet in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Dark-Patch Carpet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark-Patch Carpet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Dark-Patch Carpet?

Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data

Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dark-Patch Carpet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Dark-Patch Carpet live in Blue Mountains National Park?

Same family: Geometridae

The closest relatives of the Dark-Patch Carpet that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Apple Looper (about 20%), Black Geometrid (about 10%) and Plantain Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Dark-Patch Carpet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Dark-Patch Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains 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.

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