Ammalo helops
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Ammalo helops is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad, Amazonas, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ammalo helops sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 32 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ammalo helops in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–November, the lowest months. That is one of Tayrona National Natural Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 180 mm in October.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ammalo helops sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Ammalo helops sightings, Tayrona National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 30%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 20%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Ammalo helops that you can see in Tayrona National Natural Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%) and Walker's Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ammalo helops is recorded against all the insects logged in Tayrona National Natural Park (5 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.
