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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eight-Spotted Forester Moth sighting in Torreón on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 88 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eight-Spotted Forester Moth in Torreón on a given day, against under 5% in December to February, the lowest months. That is one of Torreón's wettest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 5 mm in April.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eight-Spotted Forester Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Eight-Spotted Forester Moth sightings, Torreón has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Monterrey (México, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Eight-Spotted Forester Moth that you can see in Torreón (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Western Giant Swallowtail (about 30%), American Snout (about 20%) and Eufala Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eight-Spotted Forester Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Torreón (42 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.
