Brahmaea wallichii
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Brahmaea wallichii, also known as the owl moth, is a moth from the family Brahmaeidae, the Brahmin moths, and one of its largest species. It is found in the north of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, and Japan. The owl moth is nocturnal. The wingspan is about 90–160 millimetres (3+1⁄2–6+1⁄4 inches). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wallich's Owl Moth sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 160th most-seen of the 447 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.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wallich's Owl Moth in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wallich's Owl Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Wallich's Owl Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Wallich's Owl Moth that you can see in Taroko National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Cocoa Tussock Moth (about 60%), Taiwan Yellow Tussock Moth (about 50%) and Chrysaeglia magnifica (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wallich's Owl Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (13 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.
