Aspidimorpha furcata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Aspidimorpha dorsata, commonly known as golden tortoise beetle or furcated tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed in Oriental region from Sri Lanka to South China towards Java, and Borneo. After mating, the adult female lays about 150 eggs over a period of 70 to 80 days. Grub stage is about 8 to 9 days and the pupal stage is about 4 days. The species use many Ipomoea species as the host plants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Furcated Tortoise Beetle sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 268th most-seen of the 477 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.
July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Furcated Tortoise Beetle in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–June, the lowest months. Those are among Bengaluru's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Furcated Tortoise Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Furcated Tortoise Beetle sightings, Bengaluru ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kochi (India, about 10%), Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Furcated Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (11 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.
