Apamea cogitata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Apamea cogitata, the thoughtful apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to North America, where it can be found across Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, and in the western United States to California.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year. This was formerly considered to be a subspecies of Apamea dubitans. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thoughtful Apamea sighting in Anchorage on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 51st most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thoughtful Apamea in Anchorage on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Anchorage's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in April.
Only Anchorage, in our data
Anchorage is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Thoughtful Apamea sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Thoughtful Apamea that you can see in Anchorage (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Milbert's Tortoiseshell (about 20%), Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (about 10%) and Pale Beauty (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thoughtful Apamea is recorded against all the insects logged in Anchorage (5 verified sightings), 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.
