Creatonotos gangis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Baphomet Moth sighting in Pune on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 261st most-seen of the 340 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.
October to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baphomet Moth in Pune on a given day, against under 5% in January to September, the lowest months. Those are among Pune's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 520 mm in July.
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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Baphomet Moth sightings, Pune ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 20%), Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%) and Denpasar (Indonesia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Baphomet Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Pune (7 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.
