Protambulyx strigilis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Protambulyx strigilis, the streaked sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae prevalent in the Americas from Florida to Central and South America. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Sphinx sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 157th most-seen of the 826 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.
December to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Sphinx in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months. Those are among Miami's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in June.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Sphinx 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.
16th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Streaked Sphinx sightings, Miami ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in João Pessoa (Brazil, about 30%), Manaus (Brazil, about 30%) and São Luís (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Streaked Sphinx that you can see in Miami (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Tersa Sphinx (about 10%), Ello Sphinx (about 10%) and Fig Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (77 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.
