Elaphria isse
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elaphria isse sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Elaphria isse in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elaphria isse sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Main Ridge Forest Reserve, in our data
Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elaphria isse sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Elaphria isse that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Tripudia ochrocraspis (about 20%), Agrapha ahenea (about 20%) and Condica abida (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elaphria isse is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (5 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.
