Ligdia adustata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ligdia adustata, the scorched carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scorched Carpet sighting in London on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 433rd most-seen of the 1504 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scorched Carpet in London on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scorched Carpet 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.
7th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Scorched Carpet sightings, London ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%), Rotterdam [The Hague] (Netherlands, about 10%) and Hamburg (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Scorched Carpet that you can see in London (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Riband Wave (about 20%), Least Carpet (about 20%) and Double-Striped Pug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scorched Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in London (56 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.
