Palaeaspilates inoffensa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Inoffensive Vestal sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 401 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Inoffensive Vestal in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in May, July and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Durban's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 25 mm in June.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Inoffensive Vestal sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Inoffensive Vestal sightings, Durban ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Inoffensive Vestal that you can see in Durban (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Triple-Stripe Peacock (about 10%), Leopard Magpie Moth (about 10%) and Chiasmia rectistriaria (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Inoffensive Vestal is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (27 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.
