Hypena obsitalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Hypena obsitalis, the Bloxworth snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Basin including North Africa and in the Near East and Middle East, south up to the Sahara. Further north it is a migrant which occasionally establishes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bloxworth Snout sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 498 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bloxworth Snout in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in July to September, the lowest months. That is one of Porto's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 15 mm in July.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bloxworth 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.
Among the best
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Bloxworth Snout sightings, Porto ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Naples (Italy, about 10%) and Turin (Italy, about 10%).
Same genus: Hypena
The closest relatives of the Bloxworth Snout that you can see in Porto (genus Hypena) are Brown Triangle Snout (about 10%) and The Snout (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bloxworth Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (55 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.
