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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

18 Verified sightings at Vanoise National Park From 2019 to 2026
129 In all 5 parks
July Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Shears

Hada plebeja, the shears, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Asia Minor, Armenia, Turkestan, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia, as well as Kashmir. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
3 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Shears in Vanoise National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shears sighting in Vanoise National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 308 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 Shears in Vanoise National Park?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shears in Vanoise National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Shears?

Between 11 pm and 2 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shears sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Vanoise National Park the best place to see a Shears?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Shears sightings, Vanoise National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Shears live in Vanoise National Park?

Same family: Noctuidae

The closest relatives of the Shears that you can see in Vanoise National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Brown-Line Bright-Eye (about 10%), Pale Shining Brown (about 10%) and Sweet Gale Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Shears sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Shears is recorded against all the insects logged in Vanoise National Park (18 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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