Apoda limacodes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Apoda limacodes, also known as the festoon, is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 940th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Festoon in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Festoon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Festoon sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Festoon that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Small Tortoiseshell (about 30%), Silver-Washed Fritillary (about 30%) and Speckled Wood (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Festoon is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées 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.
