Melipotis florida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melipotis florida sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 213th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melipotis florida in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Everglades National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 240 mm in June.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Melipotis florida sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Melipotis florida sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Melipotis florida 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 Melipotis florida is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (19 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.
