Eupithecia pulchellata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The foxglove pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Europe. It was described by the English entomologist James Francis Stephens in 1831. The wingspan is 18–22 mm and the species is quite colourful for the genus, with alternating bands of dark brown and buffish orange on the forewings. In some races the buff bands can be very pale. There are dark crosslines. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow-red and shows a broad dark grey to dark brown, lightly edged central band, from which a black central spot hardly stands out. There are dark areas at the margin. The hind wings are slightly lighter than the forewings, have a darkened fringing edge and show a small black central spot.(The forewing is, from the inside outwards, coloured as follows: at the base dark grey, then a broad, ochre-yellow transverse band, then an even-broad, white-edged, dark grey transverse band, then whitish-yellow, then an irregular, brownish ochre-yellow transverse band (usually somewhat darker in colour than that further inside the wing), then a white zigzag transverse stripe and outermost grey.)
It flies at night in May and June and is attracted to light... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Foxglove Pug sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 498 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Foxglove Pug in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Porto's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Foxglove Pug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Foxglove Pug sightings, Porto ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Foxglove Pug is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (37 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.
