Odezia atrata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Odezia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. Its only species, Odezia atrata, the chimney sweeper, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chimney-Sweeper sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chimney-Sweeper in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chimney-Sweeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Chimney-Sweeper sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 4th at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 20%), Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Chimney-Sweeper that you can see in Ecrins National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Latticed Heath (about 10%), Shaded Broad-Bar (about 10%) and Mottled Beauty (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chimney-Sweeper is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (22 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.
