Plebicula escheri
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Escher's Blue sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 479 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.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Escher's Blue in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra Nevada National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 130 mm in March.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Escher's Blue sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Escher's Blue sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Escher's Blue is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (21 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.
