Blastobasis adustella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Blastobasis adustella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is endemic to Australian region, but was introduced in western Europe and is now reported from The Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira and the Azores Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Dowd sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 309th most-seen of the 811 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dingy Dowd in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Dingy Dowd sightings, Birmingham ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Dingy Dowd that you can see in Birmingham (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Speckled Wood (about 50%), European Comma (about 30%) and Gatekeeper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dingy Dowd is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (24 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.
