Flame Carpet

Flame Carpet

Xanthorhoe designata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Liverpool

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

99 Verified sightings at Liverpool
60 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Flame Carpet

Xanthorhoe designata, the flame carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
5 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
6 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Flame Carpet in Liverpool?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame Carpet sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 632 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Flame Carpet in Liverpool?

August

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Flame Carpet in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Flame Carpet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame Carpet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Liverpool the best place to see a Flame Carpet?

Yes

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Flame Carpet sightings, Liverpool has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Manchester (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%).

Where does the Flame Carpet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Flame Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (99 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.

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