Manduca brontes
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Manduca brontes is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic and Suriname. Adults are on wing from April to June in Florida.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tecoma species (including Tecoma stans), Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus excelsior and Fraxinus platycarpa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Manduca brontes sighting in Jaragua National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 19 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Manduca brontes in Jaragua National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Manduca brontes sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Jaragua National Park, in our data
Jaragua National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Manduca brontes sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Manduca brontes that you can see in Jaragua National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Tetrio Sphinx (about 40%), Nannoparce poeyi (about 30%) and Tersa Sphinx (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Manduca brontes is recorded against all the insects logged in Jaragua National Park (9 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.
