What are the chances of seeing a Common Forester in Taroko National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Forester sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 160th most-seen of the 447 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.
When is the best time to see a Common Forester in Taroko National Park?
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Forester in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Common Forester?
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Forester sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Common Forester?
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Forester sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Common Forester live in Taroko National Park?
Same genus: Lethe
The closest relatives of the Common Forester that you can see in Taroko National Park (genus Lethe, Pearly-eyes and Allies) are Bamboo Treebrown (about 10%), Scarce Lilacfork (about 10%) and Straight-Banded Treebrown (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Common Forester sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Forester is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (14 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.