Adoneta spinuloides
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Adoneta spinuloides, the purple-crested slug moth, is a species of slug caterpillar moth in the family Limacodidae. The MONA or Hodges number for Adoneta spinuloides is 4685. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-Crested Slug Moth sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 513th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-Crested Slug Moth in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-Crested Slug Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Purple-Crested Slug Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Limacodidae
The closest relatives of the Purple-Crested Slug Moth that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Limacodidae, Slug Caterpillar Moths) are Yellow-Shouldered Slug Moth (about 10%), Spiny Oak-Slug Moth (about 10%) and Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-Crested Slug Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains 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.
