Chlorocysta vitripennis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Chlorocysta vitripennis is a species of cicada, also known as the lesser bottle cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Chlorocystini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1851 by English entomologist John Obadiah Westwood. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Small Bottle Cicada sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 806th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Bottle Cicada in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Bottle Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Bottle Cicada sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Small Bottle Cicada that you can see in Brisbane (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Brown Bunyip (about 10%), Clanger (about 10%) and Black Tree-Ticker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Bottle Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (10 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.
