Doubleday’s Footman

Doubleday’s Footman

Castulo doubledayi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Great Otway National Park

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

13 Verified sightings at Great Otway National Park From 2019 to 2026
13 In 1 park
February Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Doubleday’s Footman

Castulo doubledayi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Edward Newman in 1857. It is found in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Doubleday’s Footman in Great Otway National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Doubleday’s Footman sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 418 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 Doubleday’s Footman in Great Otway National Park?

February and March

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Doubleday’s Footman in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Doubleday’s Footman?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Doubleday’s Footman sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Doubleday’s Footman?

Only Great Otway National Park, in our data

Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Doubleday’s Footman sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Doubleday’s Footman live in Great Otway National Park?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Doubleday’s Footman that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Southern Moon Moth (about 20%), Heliotrope Moth (about 10%) and Black-And-White Tiger Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Doubleday’s Footman sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Doubleday’s Footman is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (13 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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