Blue Mountain Stick Insect

Blue Mountain Stick Insect

Candovia spurcata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Blue Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at Blue Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
8 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue Mountain Stick Insect in Blue Mountains National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Mountain Stick Insect sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 554th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue Mountain Stick Insect in Blue Mountains National Park?

February–March and November–December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Mountain Stick Insect in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Blue Mountain Stick Insect?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Mountain Stick Insect sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Blue Mountain Stick Insect?

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 Mountain Stick Insect sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Blue Mountain Stick Insect live in Blue Mountains National Park?

Same order: Phasmida

The closest relatives of the Blue Mountain Stick Insect that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (order Phasmida, Stick Insects) are Margin-Winged Stick Insect (about 20%), Spur Legged Phasmid (about 10%) and Titan Stick Insect (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Blue Mountain Stick Insect sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue Mountain Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (8 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.

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