Apoda limacodes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Apoda limacodes, also known as the festoon, is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon sighting in Essen on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 246th most-seen of the 434 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon in Essen on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Festoon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Festoon sightings, Essen ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Festoon that you can see in Essen (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%), Red Admiral (about 20%) and Speckled Wood (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Festoon is recorded against all the insects logged in Essen (11 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.
