Virbia medarda
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Virbia medarda is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in Suriname, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Virbia medarda sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Virbia medarda in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 230 mm in October.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Virbia medarda sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Virbia medarda sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Virbia medarda that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Eulepidotis viridissima (about 40%), Walker's Moth (about 30%) and Ctypansa inconstans (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Virbia medarda is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (60 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.
