Anaplectoides prasina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Anaplectoides prasina (green arches) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in both the Palearctic and Nearctic realms. Europe East to Siberia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Korea and Japan. Also in Armenia and the Caucasus. In North America South Canada, Washington, Oregon, North Utah, New Mexico, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina.
The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Green, variously tinged with dark green or blackish; a green-tinged cream coloured or whitish blotch between the reniform stigma and outer line; stigmata dark green edged with black; inner and outer lines black, conversely edged with white, or whitish green, or concolorous; hindwing fuscous with a paler fringe. — In jaspidea Bkh. the pale patch beyond the reniform stigma is wanting and the stigmata are blacker; ab. pallida Tutt represents the extreme pale form, the whole wing being whitish green, in which the white patch beyond the reniform is absorbed, and the lines and shades are distinct only in the costal half of wing; — ab. suffusa Tutt is a rare form in which the green tints are superseded by red brown with the area round the stigmata blackish; — in albimacula... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Arches sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 300 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green Arches in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Arches sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Green Arches sightings, Cairngorms National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Great Bear Rainforest (Canada, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Green Arches that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), Antler Moth (about 20%) and Dark Arches (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Arches is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (15 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.
