Zygaena carniolica
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Crepuscular Burnet sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Crepuscular Burnet in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Ecrins National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 160 mm in December.
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.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Crepuscular Burnet sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%).
Same genus: Zygaena
The closest relatives of the Crepuscular Burnet that you can see in Ecrins National Park (genus Zygaena) are Transalpine Burnet Moth (about 20%), Narrow-Bordered Five-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 Ecrins National Park (21 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.
