Globia sparganii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Globia sparganii, or Webb's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1790. It is found in Europe, Central Asia, from southern Siberia to Manchuria, Korea, Turkey, Syria and Iran.
The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Forewing light yellowish ochreous flushed with rufous, especially in the male; veins paler, and sprinkled with dark fuscous, especially the median vein; lines represented by series of black spots, the outer only distinct and complete; reniform stigma marked by two or more blackish dots at its lower end; a series of black terminal dots; hindwing pale dull yellowish, more or less suffused with fuscous, except towards inner and outer margins. The species is variable both in colour and clearness of markings; thus ab. obsoleta Tutt is an ochreous form dusted with grey and without any reddish or yellowish admixture; ab. rufescens Tutt has the forewing more or less strongly reddish and the hindwing suffused with fuscous to outer line; while ab. bipunctata Tutt has a black dash above median vein, representing the base of an otherwise unmarked orbicular stigma, as the black crescent... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Webb's Wainscot sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 301st most-seen of the 355 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Webb's Wainscot in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Only Rotterdam [The Hague], in our data
Rotterdam [The Hague] is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Webb's Wainscot sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Webb's Wainscot 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Webb's Wainscot is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (5 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.
