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Yoyetta spectabilis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Yoyetta spectabilis is a species of cicada, also known as the wavering firetail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2019 by Australian entomologists David L. Emery, Nathan J. Emery and Lindsay Popple. 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 Wavering Firetail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 359th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wavering Firetail in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wavering Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
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 Wavering Firetail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Yoyetta
The closest relatives of the Wavering Firetail that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (genus Yoyetta, Ambertails and Firetails) are Silver Princess (about 20%), Varied Ambertail (about 10%) and Brown Firetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wavering Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (12 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.
