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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eggplant Horned Planthopper sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eggplant Horned Planthopper in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eggplant Horned Planthopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Eggplant Horned Planthopper sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Chennai (India, about 10%) and Bangkok (Thailand, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Eggplant Horned Planthopper that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Long-Winged Planthopper (about 10%), Black Planthopper (about 10%) and Metochus nudipes (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eggplant Horned Planthopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (18 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.
