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Helictopleurus quadripunctatus
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
No species of the same family or order lives in Berenty Reserve, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Helictopleurus quadripunctatus sighting in Berenty Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 8 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Helictopleurus quadripunctatus in Berenty Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Berenty Reserve's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 10 mm in July. January–March, June and September have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Helictopleurus quadripunctatus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Berenty Reserve, in our data
Berenty Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Helictopleurus quadripunctatus sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helictopleurus quadripunctatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Berenty Reserve (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.
