Psilogramma increta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Psilogramma increta, the plain grey hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 111th most-seen of the 401 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.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Beijing's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings, Beijing ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Xiuying District (China, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Shanghai (China, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Plain Grey Hawkmoth that you can see in Beijing (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 10%), Convolvulus Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Theretra japonica (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Grey Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (26 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.
