Creatonotos gangis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Creatonotos gangis, the Baphomet moth, is a species of arctiine moth in South East Asia and Australia. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is often listed as a synonym of Creatonotos interrupta, but the identity is unclear.
Adults have white hindwings and brown forewings, each with a dark streak, and a wingspan of 4 cm (1.6 in). The abdomen is red or, more rarely, yellow. Males have four large, grey-colored coremata behind them, which can exceed the length of the abdomen when inflated.
The eggs are yellow and round, and are laid in rows on the leaves of food plants. The caterpillars are brown hairy animals with a yellow stripe along the back, with a polyphagous diet, known as a minor pest which feeds on groundnuts, rice, ragi, sorghum, pearl millet, coffee, sweet potato, and lucerne crops.
In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Vol. II, the species (listed as C. interrupta) is described as follows: Antennae minutely ciliated in both sexes. Head, thorax and fore wing pale pinkish ochreous. Palpi and legs smoky black, the femora yellow; a broad dorsal band on thorax; abdomen crimson above,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baphomet Moth sighting in Denpasar on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 71st most-seen of the 90 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.
February, August and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Baphomet Moth in Denpasar on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Baphomet 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.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Baphomet Moth sightings, Denpasar ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 20%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Baphomet Moth that you can see in Denpasar (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Hübner's Wasp Moth (about 20%) and Tropical Tiger Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Baphomet Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Denpasar (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.
