Paralacydes vocula
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Paralacydes vocula is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stoll in 1790. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Zebra Ermine sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 256 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 311 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Zebra Ermine in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zebra Ermine sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Zebra Ermine sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Zebra Ermine that you can see in Cape Town (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Brown Tricolour Tiger Moth (about 20%), Heady Maiden (about 20%) and Crimson-Speckled Flunkey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zebra Ermine is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (256 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.
