Pebble Prominent

Pebble Prominent

Notodonta ziczac

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at London

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

24 Verified sightings at London
140 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Pebble Prominent

Notodonta ziczac, the pebble prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Europe ranging to Central Asia. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Their forewings are light grey on the front edge, the inner portion of the wing is cinnamon-brown. In the grey area is a roundish dark grey stain shaped like a pebble bounded proximally by a dark curved line. There is a dark, curved postmedian line towards the apex of the wing. The hindwings are grey, darker grey in the females. They have a dark, discal lunule. The thorax and abdomen are dark brown and thickly clothed with hair.

Seitz- Basal half of forewing light yellowish brown, the central costal area white-grey in between at dark transverse line and the large arcuate black discal spot, beyond the discal spot a broad dark cloud distally bounded by a pale dentate line; in the marginal area a slightly undulate dark submarginal line (distally pale-edged and curving basad below costal margin in the shape of a black longitudinal stripe; marginal line and hind margin black. Hindwing paler or darker greyish brown. The black markings of the forewing

sometimes dark brown, but never paler. Central and Northern Europe, southward... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
3 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%
4 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
5 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
6 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%
7 Paris 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pebble Prominent in London?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pebble Prominent sighting in London on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 753rd 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.

When is the best time to see a Pebble Prominent in London?

July

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pebble Prominent in London on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Pebble Prominent?

Between 11 pm and 2 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pebble Prominent sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is London the best place to see a Pebble Prominent?

4th of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Pebble Prominent sightings, London ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%), Manchester (United Kingdom, under 5%) and Porto (Portugal, under 5%).

Where does the Pebble Prominent sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pebble Prominent is recorded against all the insects logged in London (24 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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