Asota caricae
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Asota caricae, the tropical tiger moth, is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India and Sri Lanka to Queensland, Malaysia and Vanuatu. The wingspan is 51–58 mm. Palpi with black spots on 1st and 2nd joints. Forewings brownish fuscous. There is a basal orange patch with two subbasal black spots and a series of three spots on its outer edge, that matches the coloration of the scales of the thorax. The veins are streaked with white. There is a white spot at lower angle of the discal cell. Hindwings are orange yellow, with a black spot at the end of the discal cell, one beyond, one below vein 2 and a submarginal irregular series which sometimes becomes a nearly complete marginal band. The veins crossing the band are yellowish. Larva black above, with two dorsal white bands, a sub-dorsal black spot on each somite. A series of lateral black specks present with sparse black hairs. Ventral coloration brown, head capsule is reddish.
The larvae have been recorded on Ficus, Broussonetia, Mesua, Tectona and Shorea species. Pupation is in a slight cocoon, fixed to a leaf. The species is found in forest... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kanpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Malang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Tiger Moth sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 339th most-seen of the 856 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.
May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Tiger Moth in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, July and September–November, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Tiger Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Tropical Tiger Moth sightings, Daintree National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kanha National Park (India, about 30%), Jim Corbett National Park (India, about 20%) and Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 10%).
Same genus: Asota
The closest relatives of the Tropical Tiger Moth that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Asota) are Asota orbona (about 20%) and Asota heliconia (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Tiger Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (12 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.
