Megalopyge urens
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Megalopyge urens is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882. It is found in Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Megalopyge urens sighting in Montevideo on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 100 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Megalopyge urens in Montevideo on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and August–October, the lowest months.
Only Montevideo, in our data
Montevideo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Megalopyge urens sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Megalopyge urens that you can see in Montevideo (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Charybdis Firetip (about 40%), Gulf Fritillary (about 30%) and Junonia lavinia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megalopyge urens is recorded against all the insects logged in Montevideo (35 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.
