Mythimna vitellina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Mythimna vitellina, the delicate, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is mainly distributed throughout southern Europe and the southern part of eastern Europe. It is also found far less commonly further north in Europe. Also in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East, Central Asia and western China. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a The Delicate sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 116 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a The Delicate in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in December 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 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most The Delicate 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.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate The Delicate sightings, Porto has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Madrid (Spain, about 10%) and Valencia (Spain, about 10%).
Same genus: Mythimna
The closest relatives of the The Delicate that you can see in Porto (genus Mythimna) are Armyworm Moth (about 20%), Mythimna riparia (about 10%) and Mythimna sicula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the The Delicate is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (116 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.
