Protambulyx strigilis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Protambulyx strigilis, the streaked sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae prevalent in the Americas from Florida to Central and South America. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Sphinx sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 253 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Sphinx in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Streaked Sphinx sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jaragua National Park (Dominican Republic, about 30%), Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 20%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Streaked Sphinx that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Isognathus scyron (about 10%), Florestan Sphinx (about 10%) and Tetrio Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaked Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (23 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.
