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Sympistis cottami
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Sympistis cottami is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). The MONA or Hodges number for Sympistis cottami is 10129. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sympistis cottami sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sympistis cottami in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–March, the lowest months. That is one of Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sympistis cottami sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Big Bend National Park, in our data
Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sympistis cottami sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Sympistis cottami that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Acontia cuta (about 10%), Staghorn Cholla Moth (about 10%) and Pretty Bird-Dropping Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sympistis cottami is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (9 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.
