Diaphone eumela
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Diaphone eumela, the cherry spot or lily borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,Kenya and Angola. Like its relative, Brithys crini, this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the families Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae, and has been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 169 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 344 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.
August and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cherry Spot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Cherry Spot sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 50%) and De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 40%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Cherry Spot that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Suring Moth (about 10%), Lily Borer (about 10%) and Cotton Bollworm Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cherry Spot is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (169 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.
