Bombycopsis capicola
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bombycopsis capicola sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 344 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.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bombycopsis capicola in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bombycopsis capicola sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bombycopsis capicola sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lasiocampidae
The closest relatives of the Bombycopsis capicola that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Lasiocampidae, Lappet Moths) are Cape Lappet (about 20%) and Mountain White-Spot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bombycopsis capicola is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (17 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.
