Alcides metaurus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Alcides metaurus or North Queensland Day Moth is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is known from the tropical north of Queensland, Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a North Queensland Day Moth sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May, August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a North Queensland Day Moth in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most North Queensland Day 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.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate North Queensland Day Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Uraniidae
The closest relatives of the North Queensland Day Moth that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Uraniidae, Swallowtail Moths) are Epiplema thiocosma (about 10%), Chundana lugubris (about 10%) and Lyssa macleayi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the North Queensland Day Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (25 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.
