Isoparce cupressi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Isoparce cupressi, the baldcypress sphinx or cypress sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cypress Sphinx sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 262 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cypress Sphinx in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cypress Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Big Cypress National Preserve, in our data
Big Cypress National Preserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cypress Sphinx sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Cypress Sphinx that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Grote's Sphinx (about 10%), Tersa Sphinx (about 10%) and Giant Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cypress Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (14 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.
