Flatida rosea
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Flatida rosea, the flower-spike bug or the flatid leaf bug, is a species of planthopper in the family Flatidae. It is found in tropical dry forests in Madagascar, and the adult insects are gregarious, the groups orienting themselves in such a way that they resemble a flower spike.
The adults have wide pink wings which they hold vertically in a tent-like fashion, concealing the whole body. The nymphs have no wings, but can move about, and are defensively covered in wispy white wax, with a plume of waxy tendrils. Like other bugs in this family, both adults and nymphs feed by piercing the bark with their mouthparts and sucking sap from the phloem. The adults are mobile and can jump if disturbed.
Flatida rosea feed on the liana Elachyptera minimiflora. The nymphs produce copious quantities of honeydew and the Coquerel's coua (Coua coquerelii) feeds on this. Media related to Flatida rosea at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
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No species of the same family or order lives in Ankarafantsika National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Flatid Leaf Bug sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 31 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Flatid Leaf Bug in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June and July, the lowest months. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flatid Leaf Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Flatid Leaf Bug sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flatid Leaf Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (22 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.
