Syssphinx molina
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Syssphinx molina sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Syssphinx molina in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Syssphinx molina sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Syssphinx molina sightings, Main Ridge Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Syssphinx molina that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Gamelia bennetti (about 20%) and Hylesia metabus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Syssphinx molina is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (11 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.
