Bocchoris inspersalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Bocchoris inspersalis, the dotted sable, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean and South and East Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Sable sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 62nd most-seen of the 274 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.
April and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Sable in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in January, June and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dotted Sable sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Dotted Sable sightings, Pretoria ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 20%) and Harare (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Dotted Sable that you can see in Pretoria (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Black Wedge Pyralis (about 10%), Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 10%) and Measured Pearl (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dotted Sable is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (21 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.
