Bunaea alcinoe
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Bunaea alcinoe, the cabbage tree emperor moth, is an African moth species belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Tree Emperor sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 213 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.
October to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Tree Emperor in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months. Those are among Johannesburg's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cabbage Tree Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Cabbage Tree Emperor sightings, Johannesburg ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Cabbage Tree Emperor that you can see in Johannesburg (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Mopane Worm (about 10%) and Variable Prince (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cabbage Tree Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (16 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.
