Udea lutealis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Udea lutealis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Dublin | 🇮🇪 Ireland | |
| 5 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 6 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Straw Pearl sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 64th most-seen of the 300 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Straw Pearl in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Straw Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Pale Straw Pearl sightings, Cairngorms National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Straw Pearl that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Common Grass-Veneer (about 10%), Garden Grass-Veneer (about 10%) and Little Grey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Straw Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (24 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.
