Agonoscelis versicoloratus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sunflower Seed Bug sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 127th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sunflower Seed Bug in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–October, the lowest months. Those are among Cape Town's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in June.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunflower Seed Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Sunflower Seed Bug sightings, Cape Town ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%), Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Sunflower Seed Bug that you can see in Cape Town (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Brown Stink Bug (about 20%), Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%) and Antestia Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunflower Seed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (26 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.
