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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Walker's Moth sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 187 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Walker's Moth in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park's driest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 570 mm in October.
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.
11th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Walker's Moth sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 30%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Walker's Moth that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Amber Arctiid Moth (about 20%), Amastus aconia (about 10%) and Cosmosoma gigantea (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Walker's Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (15 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.
