Dysphania numana
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Four O'clock Moth sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 228 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Four O'clock Moth in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and December, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Four O'clock Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Four O'clock Moth sightings, Daintree National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Litchfield National Park (Australia, about 30%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Four O'clock Moth that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Cleora repetita (about 20%), Scopula parvimacula (about 20%) and Protuliocnemis biplagiata (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Four O'clock Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (228 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
