Cautethia grotei
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Cautethia grotei, or Grote's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grote's Sphinx sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th 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.
May and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grote's Sphinx in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in September to February, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grote's Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Grote's Sphinx sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 10%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Grote's Sphinx that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Cypress 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 Grote's Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (21 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.
