Common Marble

Common Marble

Syricoris lacunana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Triglav National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

7 Verified sightings at Triglav National Park From 2019 to 2026
114 In all 5 parks
May Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Common Marble

Syricoris lacunana, the dark strawberry tortrix, is a small moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. Like its congeners, it is sometimes still placed in the genus Celypha. Junior synonyms of this species are:

The forewings show various shades of gray brown crossed by a few thin irregular silvery lines. The caterpillars can reach a length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) and are coloured brown to dark brown... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
3 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
5 Leeds 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
7 Rotterdam [The Hague] 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
8 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
9 Brussels 🇧🇪 Belgium
~10%
10 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Marble in Triglav National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Marble sighting in Triglav National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 188th most-seen of the 260 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Common Marble in Triglav National Park?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Marble in Triglav National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Common Marble?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Marble sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Triglav National Park the best place to see a Common Marble?

Among the best

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Common Marble sightings, Triglav National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Common Marble live in Triglav National Park?

Same order: Lepidoptera

The closest relatives of the Common Marble that you can see in Triglav National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Silver-Washed Fritillary (about 60%), Marbled White (about 40%) and Nine-Spotted Moth (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Common Marble sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Marble is recorded against all the insects logged in Triglav National Park (7 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.

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