Megalopyge lanata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Megalopyge lanata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megalopyge lanata sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 90th most-seen of the 107 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, May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megalopyge lanata in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megalopyge lanata 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.
7th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Megalopyge lanata sightings, Caracas ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 20%), Campo Grande (Brazil, about 20%) and Panama City (Panama, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Megalopyge lanata that you can see in Caracas (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Lycaena cyna (about 30%), Hanno Blue (about 30%) and Tropical Checkered-Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megalopyge lanata is recorded against all the insects logged in Caracas (5 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.
