Macrosoma cascaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Macrosoma cascaria is moth-like butterfly described by William Schaus in 1901. It belongs to the family Hedylidae. Originally it belonged to the genus Hyphedyle. Malcolm J. Scoble combined it with Macrosoma in 1986. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Macrosoma cascaria sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 506 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.
May and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Macrosoma cascaria in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and July–August, the lowest months. Those are among Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Macrosoma cascaria sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in our data
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Macrosoma cascaria sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Macrosoma
The closest relatives of the Macrosoma cascaria that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Macrosoma) are Macrosoma amaculata (about 10%) and Macrosoma rubedinaria (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Macrosoma cascaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (17 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.
