Theretra alecto
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Theretra alecto, the Levant hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Wikipedia →
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More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Levant Hawkmoth sighting in Almaty on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Levant Hawkmoth in Almaty on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Levant Hawkmoth 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.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Levant Hawkmoth sightings, Almaty ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Amman (Jordan, about 40%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%) and Izmir (Turkey, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Levant Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Almaty (12 verified sightings), 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.
