Paralacydes arborifera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Paralacydes arborifera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Branched Ermine sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 217th most-seen of the 748 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.
March, May–June and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Branched Ermine in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Branched Ermine 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 Branched Ermine sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Branched Ermine that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Sundowner Moth (about 20%), Creamstriped Owl (about 10%) and Crimson-Speckled Flunkey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Branched Ermine is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (20 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.
