Ligdia adustata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ligdia adustata, the scorched carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scorched Carpet sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 140th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scorched Carpet in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scorched Carpet 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.
2nd of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Scorched Carpet sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Scorched Carpet that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Small Dusty Wave (about 10%), Single-Dotted Wave (about 10%) and Yellow Shell Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scorched Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (13 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.
