Crimson-Speckled Flunkey

Crimson-Speckled Flunkey

Utetheisa pulchella

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Tel Aviv

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

72 Verified sightings at Tel Aviv
333 In all 16 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
2 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%
3 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~20%
4 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
5 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~20%
6 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
8 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
9 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
10 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%
11 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
12 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
13 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
14 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
15 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
16 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuwait City 🇰🇼 Kuwait
~40%
2 Antalya 🇹🇷 Turkey
~30%
3 Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Israel
~20%
4 Yerevan 🇦🇲 Armenia
~20%
5 Cairo 🇪🇬 Egypt
~20%
6 Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~20%
7 Marrakesh 🇲🇦 Morocco
~20%
8 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
9 Algiers 🇩🇿 Algeria
~20%
10 Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey in Tel Aviv?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 72 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey in Tel Aviv?

May

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey in Tel Aviv on a given day, against about 10% in December to March, the lowest months. That is one of Tel Aviv's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 90 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crimson-Speckled Flunkey sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Tel Aviv the best place to see a Crimson-Speckled Flunkey?

3rd of 19

Of the 19 cities where we can rate Crimson-Speckled Flunkey sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 40%) and Antalya (Turkey, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Crimson-Speckled Flunkey live in Tel Aviv?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Crimson-Speckled Flunkey that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Ocnogyna loewii (about 30%), Brown Triangle Snout (about 10%) and Green Drab (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Crimson-Speckled Flunkey sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Crimson-Speckled Flunkey is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (72 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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