Apoda limacodes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Apoda limacodes, also known as the festoon, is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 743rd 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Festoon 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 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Festoon sightings, Paris ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Essen (Germany, under 5%) and Hamburg (Germany, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Festoon that you can see in Paris (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Admiral (about 30%), Speckled Wood (about 30%) and Geranium Bronze (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Festoon is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (6 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.
