Macaria liturata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Macaria liturata, the tawny-barred angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 and it is found throughout Europe and across the Palearctic east to Japan. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-Barred Angle sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-Barred Angle in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tawny-Barred Angle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Tawny-Barred Angle sightings, Cairngorms National Park ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 10%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 10%) and Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same genus: Macaria
The closest relatives of the Tawny-Barred Angle that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (genus Macaria) are Peacock Moth (about 10%) and Rusty Speranza Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tawny-Barred Angle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms 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.
