Carales astur
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Carales astur, the astur moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and east to Suriname. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carales astur sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 279 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–June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carales astur in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carales astur sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Carales astur sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Carales astur that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Argyroeides braco (about 10%) and Neotrichura nigripes (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carales astur is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (15 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.
