Phobetron hipparchia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Phobetron hipparchia, the monkey slug, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil and Argentina. The larvae feed on Gliricidia sepium. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Monkey Slug Moth sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 121st most-seen of the 186 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, May and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Monkey Slug Moth in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Monkey Slug Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Monkey Slug Moth sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Asuncion (Paraguay, about 20%), Manaus (Brazil, about 10%) and Medellín (Colombia, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Monkey Slug Moth that you can see in Belo Horizonte (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Starry Night Cracker (about 20%), White Peacock (about 20%) and Themisto Amberwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Monkey Slug Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (8 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.
