Agape chloropyga
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Agape chloropyga is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from Malaysia to eastern Australia, including Borneo and Papua New Guinea. The wingspan is about 60 mm. The larvae feed on the leaves of Moraceae species, including Ficus macrophylla and Ficus microcarpa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Tiger Moth sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 190 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Tiger Moth in Brisbane on a given day, against about 10% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Tiger Moth 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 Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Tiger Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Tiger Moth that you can see in Brisbane (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Oriental Leafworm Moth (about 10%), Lawn Armyworm Moth (about 10%) and Green-Blotched Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Tiger Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (190 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.
