Xylophanes ceratomioides
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Xylophanes ceratomioides is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela, down into southern Brazil. Rare vagrants have been found up to southern Arizona. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown And Yellow Sphinx sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 506 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.
February and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown And Yellow Sphinx in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in November and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown And Yellow Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Brown And Yellow Sphinx sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Xylophanes
The closest relatives of the Brown And Yellow Sphinx that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Xylophanes) are Xylophanes germen (about 10%), Xylophanes hannemanni (about 10%) and Xylophanes acrus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown And Yellow Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (39 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.
