Catantopsis sacalava

Catantopsis sacalava

Catantopsis sacalava

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Antananarivo

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%

8 Verified sightings at Antananarivo
8 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Catantopsis sacalava in Antananarivo?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Catantopsis sacalava sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Catantopsis sacalava in Antananarivo?

June

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Catantopsis sacalava in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and July, the lowest months. That is one of Antananarivo's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 480 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Catantopsis sacalava?

Between 2 and 5 am

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

Where else can you see a Catantopsis sacalava?

Only Antananarivo, in our data

Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Catantopsis sacalava sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Catantopsis sacalava sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Catantopsis sacalava is recorded against all the insects logged in Antananarivo (8 verified sightings), 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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