Diaphone eumela
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 100 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry Spot in West Coast National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and November–February, the lowest months. That is one of West Coast National Park's wettest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Cherry Spot sightings, West Coast National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 40%) and Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Cherry Spot that you can see in West Coast National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Mountain White-Spot (about 40%), Pan Opal (about 20%) and Omocenoides breijeri (about 20%), 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 West Coast National Park (100 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.
