Willow Beauty

Willow Beauty

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Fertő-Hanság National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

9 Verified sightings at Fertő-Hanság National Park From 2019 to 2026
541 In all 8 parks
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Willow Beauty

The willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of Europe and adjacent regions (Near East and the Maghreb). While it is found widely throughout Scandinavian countries, which have a maritime climate, it is absent from parts of the former USSR which are at the same latitude but have a more continental climate.

Peribatodes rhomboidaria rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Peribatodes rhomboidaria sublutearia (Zerny 1927) Under its junior synonym Geometra rhomboidaria, the willow beauty is the type species of its genus Peribatodes. This was initially proposed as a subgenus of Boarmia but eventually elevated to full genus rank.

The adult's wingspan is 40–48 mm. The wings of this species are whitish-grey or -yellowish, though they have a buff or grey appearance from a distance, as they are heavily speckled with brown or black dots... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~40%
2 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
3 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
4 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
5 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
6 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
7 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
8 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
9 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
10 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Willow Beauty in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Willow Beauty sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 135th most-seen of the 243 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Willow Beauty in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

June and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Willow Beauty in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Willow Beauty?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Willow Beauty sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Which relatives of the Willow Beauty live in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

Same family: Geometridae

The closest relatives of the Willow Beauty that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Common Heath (about 10%), Yellow Shell Moth (about 10%) and Latticed Heath (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Willow Beauty sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Willow Beauty is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (9 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.

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