Zygaena carniolica
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Zygaena carniolica, sometimes described as the crepuscular burnet or eastern burnet, is a member of the family Zygaenidae. It inhabits warm and dry areas, grasslands and limestone substrate, steppe slopes and dry pastures. The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Forewings are bluish-black with six red spots surrounded by yellow. Hindwings have a red color with a black border. The outer spots are often in the shape of a crescent. The abdomen is black-blue, sometimes with a red belt. The caterpillar is light green with a series of triangular black spots on the sides of the body. Pupae are black-brown, with a white or yellowish ovoid cocoon.
This species is rather similar to Zygaena algira, Zygaena maroccana, Zygaena occitanica, Zygaena orana and Zygaena youngi. Z. carniolica. It is hardly possible to give a general description of the colour and pattern of the 20 odd forms which are being united under this species. The antenna is strong... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Crepuscular Burnet sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 431st most-seen of the 1406 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Crepuscular Burnet in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Vienna's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crepuscular Burnet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Crepuscular Burnet sightings, Vienna ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Prague (Czechia, about 10%).
Same genus: Zygaena
The closest relatives of the Crepuscular Burnet that you can see in Vienna (genus Zygaena) are Six-Spot Burnet (about 10%) and Slender Scotch Burnet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crepuscular Burnet is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (36 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.
