Lymire edwardsii
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Lymire edwardsii, the rubber tree caterpillar or Edwards' wasp moth, is a species of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. It is found in southern Florida, United States, and in the Caribbean. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Edwards' Wasp Moth sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 493 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Edwards' Wasp Moth in Miami on a given day, against about 10% in March–May and July–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Edwards' Wasp Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Miami, in our data
Miami is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Edwards' Wasp Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Edwards' Wasp Moth that you can see in Miami (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Polka-Dot Wasp Moth (about 10%), Ornate Bella Moth (about 10%) and Southern Tussock Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Edwards' Wasp Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (493 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.
