Dun-Bar

Dun-Bar

Cosmia trapezina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Paris

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

19 Verified sightings at Paris
104 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Dun-Bar

The dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common Palearctic species. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%
5 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
7 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
8 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
9 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
10 Essen 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Dun-Bar in Paris?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dun-Bar sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 402nd most-seen of the 916 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 Dun-Bar in Paris?

June

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dun-Bar in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Dun-Bar?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dun-Bar 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 Paris the best place to see a Dun-Bar?

17th of 21

Of the 21 cities where we can rate Dun-Bar sightings, Paris ranks 17th at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).

Where does the Dun-Bar sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Dun-Bar is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (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.

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