Hemaris affinis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hemaris affinis, the honeysuckle bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mongolia, the Russian Far East, northern, central and eastern China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan. The wingspan is 43–54 mm. There are two generations per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to late August. In Korea, adults have been recorded from early May to early November.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Lonicera maackii in the Russian Far East and China, as well as Lonicera japonica and Patrinia scabiosaefolia in Korea. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Honeysuckle Bee Hawkmoth sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 184th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Honeysuckle Bee Hawkmoth in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Beijing's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Only Beijing, in our data
Beijing is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Honeysuckle Bee Hawkmoth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Honeysuckle Bee Hawkmoth that you can see in Beijing (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 10%), Plain Grey Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Convolvulus Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Honeysuckle Bee Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (12 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.
