Coequosa australasiae
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Coequosa australasiae is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Coequosa australasiae sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 196th most-seen of the 742 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.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coequosa australasiae in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. Those are among Sydney's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coequosa australasiae sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Coequosa australasiae sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Coequosa australasiae that you can see in Sydney (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Australasian Privet Hawkmoth (about 10%), Pale Brown Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Coprosma Hawk Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coequosa australasiae is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (45 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.
