Hamadryas laodamia
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Hamadryas laodamia, the starry night cracker or starry cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Mexico to the Amazon basin, but is most common in lowland forest in the Caribbean area. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 134 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 186 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Starry Night Cracker in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Starry Night Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Starry Night Cracker sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Goiânia (Brazil, about 30%).
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Starry Night Cracker that you can see in Belo Horizonte (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Red Cracker (about 20%), Gray Cracker (about 10%) and Variable Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Starry Night Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (134 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.
