Lymire edwardsii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Lymire edwardsii, the rubber tree caterpillar or Edwards' wasp moth, is a species of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. It is found in southern Florida, United States, and in the Caribbean. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Edwards' Wasp Moth sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Edwards' Wasp Moth in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October, the lowest months. That is one of Everglades National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 240 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Edwards' Wasp 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.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Edwards' Wasp Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Edwards' Wasp Moth that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Faithful Beauty (about 20%), Florida Tussock Moth (about 20%) and Polka-Dot Wasp Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Edwards' Wasp Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (35 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.
