Campaea margaritaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Campaea margaritata, commonly known as the light emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, the Near East and North Africa. The habitat is mixed forests including parks and large gardens.
Newly emerged adults have delicately pale green wings marked with green and white fascia, two on the slightly crenulate forewing, one on the hindwing. As with most moths of this colour, the green colouration is fugitive fading over time and older specimens tend to be almost pure white. The wingspan is 42–54 mm, the female generally being considerably larger than the male. The egg is smooth, long oval, but laid with the micropyle at the top; light grey, dark-dotted, later pink with the dots deep red. The larva is grey, brown or brownish-green, commonly with whitish dots, the segment-incisions well marked.
One or two broods are produced each year and adults can be seen at any time between July and September [1]. The larva feeds on a variety of deciduous trees, including apple, beech, birch, elm, hawthorn, hazel and oak as well... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 9 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Cologne | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 10 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Light Emerald sighting in Hamburg on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 423 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Light Emerald in Hamburg on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Light Emerald 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.
6th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Light Emerald sightings, Hamburg ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), London (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Light Emerald that you can see in Hamburg (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Yellow Shell Moth (about 10%), Small Dusty Wave (about 10%) and Riband Wave (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Light Emerald is recorded against all the insects logged in Hamburg (23 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.
