Ptiloscola photophila
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ptiloscola photophila sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 74 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Ptiloscola photophila in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and December, the lowest months. September has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ptiloscola photophila 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 Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ptiloscola photophila sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Ptiloscola photophila that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Eacles penelope (about 50%), Eacles guianensis (about 40%) and Automeris curvilinea (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ptiloscola photophila is recorded against all the insects logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (6 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.
