Bombycomorpha bifascia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Bombycomorpha bifascia, the pepper-tree caterpillar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, which is native to southern Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Eggarlet sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 311 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 to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Eggarlet in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months. Those are among Cape Town's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Barred Eggarlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Barred Eggarlet sightings, Cape Town has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Johannesburg (South Africa, under 5%).
Same family: Lasiocampidae
The closest relatives of the Barred Eggarlet that you can see in Cape Town (family Lasiocampidae, Lappet Moths) are Cape Lappet (about 20%), Mountain White-Spot (about 10%) and Stoermeriana scapulosa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Barred Eggarlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (54 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.
