Anticlea badiata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Earophila badiata, the shoulder stripe, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from most of Europe and North Africa to the Altai Mountains in the east Palearctic.
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. Adults are variable in colour and size.ab. pallida Lambill. is paler, the basal area little darkened, distal not darkened, the median band whitish, without a blue-grey spot distally to the cell.; ab. rectifasciaria Lambill. has the pale median area one-third broader than usual and not traversed by lines, the lines which bound it sharply marked. — ab. alpestris Neuburger, from the Tyrol, (at 3400 m) has the median area brown, the distal moderately darkened with no pale part and the hindwing also somewhat
browner; in ab. subbadiata Strand the median band is pale, narrow, interrupted in the middle, the posterior part sometimes broken up into spots. The Larva is elongate, cylindrical; head rounded, distinct, orange with a large black spot on side; body very variable in colour dorsally, green, purple or slaty grey, a dark spot on side of prothoracic leg, another dorsally on the 10th abdominal segment, dorsal tubercles white, lateral tubercles black. The rather stout pupa is dark glossy red-brown, the anal segment black, the cremaster short and thick.
Adults are on wing from mid March to May in two generations. The larvae feed on Rosa species. Larvae can be found from March to July. It overwinters as a pupa in loose soil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shoulder-Stripe sighting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 51 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 818 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Shoulder-Stripe in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months. That is one of Wadden Sea National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 140 mm in November.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shoulder-Stripe sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Shoulder-Stripe sightings, Wadden Sea National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shoulder-Stripe is recorded against all the insects logged in Wadden Sea National Park (51 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.
