Spondyliaspis plicatuloides
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gum Clamshell Lerp sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 174th most-seen of the 311 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.
February, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gum Clamshell Lerp in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in March–July, September–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gum Clamshell Lerp sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Gum Clamshell Lerp sightings, Cape Town ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Gum Clamshell Lerp that you can see in Cape Town (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Brown Stink Bug (about 20%), Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%) and Common Tip Wilter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gum Clamshell Lerp is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (16 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.
