Ennomos alniaria
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ennomos alniaria, the canary-shouldered thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It can be found in Europe in a wide variety of biotopes where there are deciduous trees, perhaps mostly in deciduous forests and gardens.
The wingspan is 34–42 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–20 mm. Resembles Ennomos quercinaria, but has a canary-yellow thorax. The forewings are scalloped and there are also two cross lines. The wings are ochre yellow with greyish flecks. The bands, a small discal spot on the forewing and a larger discal spot on the hindwing are grey. The larva is brownish-grey, long and thin, with four raised cross-bands on the dorsal side. It closely resembles a dead twig.
Other Ennomos species are similar. Caucasus and Russia to western Europe. The northern limit is Fennoscandia and the southern limit is the northern Mediterranean. It has also been introduced into British Columbia. The moths fly in one generation from July to October.[1] They are attracted to light.
The larvae feed on a number of deciduous trees including downy birch... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 3 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 6 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 9 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Canary-Shouldered Thorn sighting in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 387 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Canary-Shouldered Thorn in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Canary-Shouldered Thorn sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Canary-Shouldered Thorn sightings, Snowdonia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same genus: Ennomos
The closest relatives of the Canary-Shouldered Thorn that you can see in Snowdonia National Park (genus Ennomos) are Dusky Thorn (about 10%) and September Thorn (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Canary-Shouldered Thorn is recorded against all the insects logged in Snowdonia National Park (25 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.
