Zygaena angelicae
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Zygaena angelicae (slender Scotch burnet) is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Central Europe, from Greece to southern Germany and Thuringia. Z.angelicae has blue-black or green-black forewings, whose inner angles are strongly rounded off. On the forewings there are five or six red spots, two of which are always close together. In the five-spotted individuals, the spots on the underside of the wings are connected by a red stripe, in the six-spotted ones this is a large patch. The black margin of the red hind wings is wide. The antennal club is white at the tip less so than in Zygaena transalpina and the white may be completely absent.
The wingspan is 30–33 mm. Adults are on wing from July to mid August on one generation per year. They feed on flowers. The larvae feed on Coronilla coronata and sometimes Securigera varia and possibly Lotus corniculatus. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Larvae can be found from September and, after overwintering, to June of the following year. The habitat is chalk grassland. In Southeastern Europe Zygaena angelicae is found in mountainous regions between 1000 and 2100m elevation. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Zygaena angelicae sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1090th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zygaena angelicae in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Vienna's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Only Vienna, in our data
Vienna is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Zygaena angelicae sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Zygaena
The closest relatives of the Zygaena angelicae 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 Zygaena angelicae is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (7 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.
