Buttoned Snout

Buttoned Snout

Hypena rostralis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Milan

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

9 Verified sightings at Milan
20 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Buttoned Snout

Hypena rostralis, the buttoned snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe far into Scandinavia.Then through the Palearctic into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and east to Siberia. It is widespread at forest edges, forest clearings, shore areas, in gardens, park landscapes and cultivated land and rises in the mountains up to 1600 m. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%
4 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
5 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
6 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
7 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
<5%
8 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Denmark
<5%
9 Kazan 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
10 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Buttoned Snout in Milan?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buttoned Snout sighting in Milan on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 221st most-seen of the 351 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Buttoned Snout in Milan?

November

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Buttoned Snout in Milan on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–September, the lowest months. That is one of Milan's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 45 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Buttoned Snout?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buttoned Snout 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 Milan the best place to see a Buttoned Snout?

7th of 13

Of the 13 cities where we can rate Buttoned Snout sightings, Milan ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Berlin (Germany, about 10%) and Almaty (Kazakhstan, about 10%).

Where does the Buttoned Snout sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Buttoned Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Milan (9 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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