Agrotis puta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is common in the western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October. The larvae feed on various low growing plants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Rome | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 7 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 10 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shuttle-Shaped Dart sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 811 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shuttle-Shaped Dart in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shuttle-Shaped Dart sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Shuttle-Shaped Dart sightings, Birmingham ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 40%) and London (United Kingdom, about 20%).
Same genus: Agrotis
The closest relatives of the Shuttle-Shaped Dart that you can see in Birmingham (genus Agrotis) are Heart And Dart (about 10%), Turnip Moth (about 10%) and Heart And Club (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shuttle-Shaped Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (110 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.
