Udea lutealis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Udea lutealis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Dublin | 🇮🇪 Ireland | |
| 5 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 6 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Straw Pearl sighting in Manchester on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 149th most-seen of the 458 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Straw Pearl in Manchester on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Straw Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Pale Straw Pearl sightings, Manchester has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Straw Pearl that you can see in Manchester (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Box Tree Moth (about 20%), Mint Moth (about 20%) and Garden Grass-Veneer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Straw Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Manchester (29 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.
