Walker's Moth
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Soberanía National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

26 Verified sightings at Soberanía National Park From 2019 to 2026
335 In all 13 parks
September Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~40%
2 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
3 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~30%
4 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
5 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
6 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
7 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
8 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
9 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
10 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
11 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
12 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
13 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Walker's Moth in Soberanía National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Walker's Moth sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 26 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.

When is the best time to see a Walker's Moth in Soberanía National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Walker's Moth in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month. That is one of Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Walker's Moth?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Walker's Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Which relatives of the Walker's Moth live in Soberanía National Park?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Walker's Moth that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Gaudeator paidicus (about 10%), Phaeomolis lineatus (about 10%) and Feigeria herilia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Walker's Moth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Walker's Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (26 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.

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