Popplepsalta aeroides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Popplepsalta aeroides is a species of cicada, also known as the blue-banded scratcher, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2016 by entomologists Christopher L. Owen and Maxwell Sydney Moulds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded Scratcher sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Banded Scratcher in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–September, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Banded Scratcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Banded Scratcher sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Banded Scratcher is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (27 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.
