Diaphone eumela
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Diaphone eumela, the cherry spot or lily borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,Kenya and Angola. Like its relative, Brithys crini, this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the families Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae, and has been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot sighting in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cherry Spot 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 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Cherry Spot sightings, De Hoop Nature Reserve ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 50%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Cherry Spot that you can see in De Hoop Nature Reserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Eastern Dotted Border (about 30%), Vivid Pierrot (about 20%) and Pine Emperor (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cherry Spot is recorded against all the insects logged in De Hoop Nature Reserve (34 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
