Libelloides coccajus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Libelloides coccajus, the "owly sulphur", is an owlfly species belonging to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rome | 🇮🇹 Italy |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ecrins National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Owly Sulphur sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Owly Sulphur in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Owly Sulphur sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Owly Sulphur sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 20%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Owly Sulphur is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (8 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.
