Chiasmia emersaria
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Chiasmia emersaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Nepal, northern Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chiasmia emersaria sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 121 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chiasmia emersaria in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, July and November, the lowest months. That is one of Ho Chi Minh City's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chiasmia emersaria sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Chiasmia emersaria sightings, Ho Chi Minh City ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jamshedpur (India, about 30%), Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 20%) and Jabalpur (India, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Chiasmia emersaria that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Great Eggfly (about 40%), Lime Swallowtail (about 40%) and Leopard Lacewing Butterfly (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chiasmia emersaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Ho Chi Minh City (12 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.
