Aethaloessa floridalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Aethaloessa floridalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa, including islands of the Indian Ocean and South and South-East Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florid Pearl sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 298 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, June and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florid Pearl in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florid Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Garden Route National Park, in our data
Garden Route National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Florid Pearl sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Florid Pearl that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Jasmine Moth (about 10%), Black Wedge Pyralis (about 10%) and Duponchelia lanceolalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Florid Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (12 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.
