Monopis ethelella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Monopis ethelella is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Newman in 1856. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dead Sheep Moth sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 51 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th most-seen of the 689 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.
March to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dead Sheep Moth in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dead Sheep Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dead Sheep Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Monopis
The closest relatives of the Dead Sheep Moth that you can see in Auckland (genus Monopis) are Wool Moth (about 10%) and Bird Nest Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dead Sheep Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (51 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.
