Carales astur
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Carales astur, the astur moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and east to Suriname. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carales astur sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 117 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
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Carales astur in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July–September and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carales astur sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Carales astur sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Carales astur that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 20%), Emeraldine (about 20%) and Cyclopis caecutiens (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carales astur is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (7 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.
