Automeris naranja
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Automeris naranja is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. This species is easy to raise in captivity. The larvae feed on Morus alba, Morus nigra and Fraxinus americana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris naranja sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 199 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 558 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris naranja in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Automeris naranja sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Automeris naranja sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Montevideo (Uruguay, about 20%) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Automeris naranja that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Imperial Moth (about 10%), Rothchild's Atlas Moth (about 10%) and Leucanella viridescens (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Automeris naranja is recorded against all the insects logged in Buenos Aires (199 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.
