Pacific Damsel Bug

Pacific Damsel Bug

Nabis kinbergii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Blue Mountains National Park

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

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

About the Pacific Damsel Bug

Nabis kinbergii is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Perth 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pacific Damsel Bug in Blue Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Damsel Bug sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 456th 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 Pacific Damsel Bug in Blue Mountains National Park?

February, October and December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pacific Damsel Bug in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–September and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Pacific Damsel Bug?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pacific Damsel Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Pacific Damsel Bug?

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 Pacific Damsel Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Pacific Damsel Bug live in Blue Mountains National Park?

Same order: Hemiptera

The closest relatives of the Pacific Damsel Bug that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Green Grocer (about 40%), Metallic Shield Bug (about 20%) and Razor Grinder (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Pacific Damsel Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pacific Damsel Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (9 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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