Apoda limacodes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon sighting in London on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 821st most-seen of the 1504 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon in London 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.
5th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Festoon sightings, London ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Essen (Germany, under 5%) and Hamburg (Germany, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Festoon that you can see in London (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Jersey Tiger (about 40%), Speckled Wood (about 40%) and Red Admiral (about 40%), 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 London (19 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.
