Ambulyx canescens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ambulyx canescens sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 115th most-seen of the 221 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.
August and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ambulyx canescens in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. Those are among Khao Yai National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ambulyx canescens 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 Khao Yai National Park, in our data
Khao Yai National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ambulyx canescens sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ambulyx
The closest relatives of the Ambulyx canescens that you can see in Khao Yai National Park (genus Ambulyx) are Ambulyx ochracea (about 10%), Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Violet Gliding Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ambulyx canescens is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Yai 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.
