Small Grey

Small Grey

Eudonia mercurella

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

15 Verified sightings at Mercantour National Park From 2019 to 2026
259 In all 8 parks
July Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Small Grey

Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
8 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Dublin 🇮🇪 Ireland
~10%
4 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
5 Rotterdam [The Hague] 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
6 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
7 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
8 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
9 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
10 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Small Grey in Mercantour National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Grey sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 245th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Small Grey in Mercantour National Park?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Grey in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Small Grey?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Grey sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Mercantour National Park the best place to see a Small Grey?

Among the best

Of the 8 parks where we can rate Small Grey sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).

Where does the Small Grey sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Small Grey is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (15 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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