Where does the Black Witch live?

Ascalapha odorata has 24,539 records in 58 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

24,539 records
58 places
97 years recorded
Insecta class

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraErebidaeAscalapha

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	7,847
Mexico	6,031
Brazil	2,587
Costa Rica	1,545
Colombia	1,419
Argentina	637
Ecuador	616
Martinique	485
Panama	392
Honduras	274
Venezuela	218
Puerto Rico	192
Guatemala	179
Belize	169
Canada	162
Guadeloupe	149
Bahamas	148
Peru	146
Nicaragua	138
Jamaica	130
Bolivia	129
Dominican Republic	97
Cuba	83
French Guiana	81
El Salvador	77
Uruguay	76
Trinidad & Tobago	70
Paraguay	63
Bonaire	44
Dominica	38
Turks and Caicos Islands	35
Suriname	32
US Virgin Islands	30
Haiti	24
Guyana	19
Cayman Islands	19
Barbados	17
Chile	16
Aruba	13
Curaçao	13

Showing the top 40 of 58 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Erebidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.