Apoda limacodes
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon sighting in Kharkiv on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 168th most-seen of the 289 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon in Kharkiv on a given day, against under 5% in August 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.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Festoon sightings, Kharkiv has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Essen (Germany, under 5%) and Hamburg (Germany, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Festoon that you can see in Kharkiv (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Blood Vein (about 40%), Four-Spotted Footman (about 30%) and Common Blue (about 30%), 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 Kharkiv (9 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.
