Podalia thanatos
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Podalia thanatos is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in Costa Rica and Guyana. The wingspan is 31 mm. The forewings are black, with the apex and outer margin grey white, crossed by pale olivaceous brown veins. There is a subterminal row of black spots. The base and inner margin of the hindwings are broadly black, otherwise grey-white crossed by pale olivaceous brown veins. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Podalia thanatos sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 325th most-seen of the 378 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Podalia thanatos in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Podalia thanatos sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Braulio Carrillo National Park, in our data
Braulio Carrillo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Podalia thanatos sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Megalopygidae
The closest relatives of the Podalia thanatos that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Megalopygidae, New World Flannel Moths) are Megalopyge albicollis (about 30%), Thoscora ribbei (about 10%) and Strawberry Cake Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Podalia thanatos is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (5 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.
