Cloaked Minor

Mesoligia furuncula

Mesoligia furuncula, the cloaked minor, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, northwest Africa, Russia, Siberia, Japan, north Iran, Afghanistan, and China. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 16 times across 3 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 29°C (typically 23 to 30°C, from 5 areas).

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.