Thysania zenobia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Thysania zenobia, the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776, and is native to North and South America and the Caribbean. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth sighting in Fortaleza on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 96th most-seen of the 112 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.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth in Fortaleza on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–February, the lowest months. That is one of Fortaleza's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in September.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Owl 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.
5th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Owl Moth sightings, Fortaleza ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%), Cali (Colombia, about 20%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Owl Moth that you can see in Fortaleza (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 20%), Letis specularis (about 10%) and Ornate Bella Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Owl Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Fortaleza (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.
