Syssphinx molina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Syssphinx molina sighting in Manu National Park 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 366 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Syssphinx molina in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, September and November–February, 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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Syssphinx molina sightings, Manu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 20%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Syssphinx molina that you can see in Manu National Park (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Automeris liberia (about 10%), Imperial Moth (about 10%) and Automeris egeus (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 Manu National Park (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.
