Hypena obsitalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 Rome on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 168th most-seen of the 289 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–August and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bloxworth Snout in Rome on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and September–November, the lowest months.
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, Rome ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Naples (Italy, about 10%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Porto (Portugal, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bloxworth Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Rome (8 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.
