Zygaena occitanica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Zygaena occitanica, the Provence burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from the Algarve and southern Spain up to the eastern parts of the Cantabrian Mountains then to southern Russia and the Caucasus and east to the western fringe of Central Asia.
It is only the western representative of the carniolica series. There exist almost all gradations between these forms, and by naming all of them the series of aberrations would be considerably enlarged. The wingspan is about 23 mm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zygaena occitanica sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 526th most-seen of the 996 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Zygaena occitanica in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 260 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zygaena occitanica sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Zygaena occitanica sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 10%).
Same genus: Zygaena
The closest relatives of the Zygaena occitanica that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Zygaena) are Chalk Burnet (about 20%), Six-Spot Burnet (about 10%) and Zygaena rhadamanthus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zygaena occitanica is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (36 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.
