Syngamia florella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Syngamia florella, the orange-spotted flower moth or red waisted florella moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found from South Carolina to Florida and from Arkansas to Texas, south to the West Indies and through Mexico to Argentina. It is also found on Bermuda.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. They are on wing from July to December in most of the range, but have only been recorded from September to December in Florida. The larvae feed on Borreria brachysepala, Spermacoce laevis and Spermacoce tetraquetra. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 13 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 6 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Flower Moth sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 107 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Flower Moth in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in December to April, the lowest months. That is one of Caracas's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 15 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Spotted Flower Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
11th of 24
Of the 24 cities where we can rate Orange-Spotted Flower Moth sightings, Caracas ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 20%), Natal (Brazil, about 20%) and Goiânia (Brazil, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Orange-Spotted Flower Moth 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 Orange-Spotted Flower Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Caracas (15 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.
