Xylophanes media
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Xylophanes media is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Wikipedia →
| # | 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 Xylophanes media sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 74 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Xylophanes media in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to April, the lowest months. September has too few records to rate.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylophanes media sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Xylophanes media sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Xylophanes media that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Florestan Sphinx (about 40%), Protambulyx goeldii (about 30%) and Mournful Sphinx (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylophanes media is recorded against all the insects logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (10 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.
