Xanthorhoe designata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Xanthorhoe designata, the flame carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame Carpet sighting in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, based on 26 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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Flame Carpet in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame Carpet 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 4 parks where we can rate Flame Carpet sightings, Snowdonia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same genus: Xanthorhoe
The closest relatives of the Flame Carpet that you can see in Snowdonia National Park (genus Xanthorhoe) are Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet (about 10%), Silver-Ground Carpet (about 10%) and Red Twin-Spot Carpet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in Snowdonia National Park (26 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.
