Popplepsalta annulata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Popplepsalta annulata is a species of cicada, also known as the sprinkler squeaker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sprinkler Squeaker sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 489th 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 and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sprinkler Squeaker in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in January–September and November, the lowest months.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sprinkler Squeaker sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Sprinkler Squeaker 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 Sprinkler Squeaker is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (19 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.
