Cloaked Minor

Cloaked Minor

Mesoligia furuncula

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Rotterdam [The Hague]

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

12 Verified sightings at Rotterdam [The Hague]
168 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Cloaked Minor

Mesoligia furuncula, the cloaked minor, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, northwest Africa, Russia, Siberia, Japan, north Iran, Afghanistan, and China (Qinghai and Shaanxi). Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
5 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Essen 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Rotterdam [The Hague] 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
8 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
10 Paris 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Cloaked Minor in Rotterdam [The Hague]?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cloaked Minor sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 174th most-seen of the 355 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.

When is the best time to see a Cloaked Minor in Rotterdam [The Hague]?

July and August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cloaked Minor in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Cloaked Minor?

Between 11 pm and 2 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cloaked Minor sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Rotterdam [The Hague] the best place to see a Cloaked Minor?

7th of 18

Of the 18 cities where we can rate Cloaked Minor sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Cloaked Minor live in Rotterdam [The Hague]?

Same family: Noctuidae

The closest relatives of the Cloaked Minor that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), Silver Υ (about 10%) and Lesser Yellow Underwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Cloaked Minor sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Cloaked Minor is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (12 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.

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