Lhommeia subapicata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Thorn sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 392nd most-seen of the 748 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 and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Thorn in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Thorn sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Thorn sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Banded Thorn that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Vestal (about 10%), Whiterim Chlorissa (about 10%) and Pale Dusty Brindle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Thorn is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (10 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.
