Automeris naranja
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Automeris naranja is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. This species is easy to raise in captivity. The larvae feed on Morus alba, Morus nigra and Fraxinus americana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris naranja sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 169 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris naranja in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in March and May, the lowest months. That is one of Rio de Janeiro's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 230 mm in December.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Automeris naranja sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Automeris naranja sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Montevideo (Uruguay, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Automeris naranja is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (36 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.
