Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis, sometimes called the golden tortoise beetle (a common name which refers to other species elsewhere), is an Old World species of beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. After full development, A. sanctaecrucis will have a body length ranging from 15.6 to 16.3 mm and a body width ranging from 14.3 to 14.6 mm. Its elytra ranges in color from a uniform yellow to red brown to brown with lateral anterior and posterior corners of the margin visible dorsally. Each elytron contains a depression raised along the center behind its scutellum with prominently raised margins ending with a dorsal conical hump. It has approximately 9 rows of elytral punctures and explanate margins that are very broad. The general color of A. sanctaecrucis ranges from yellow to brown; its head and body color ranges from yellow to red brown, and its legs and antennae (excluding the last two antennomeres) are uniformly yellow. Its elytra can be uniformly yellow to red brown to brown. Its eyes are elliptical, the head has a distinct gena and its clypeus is depressed medially. It has fine clypeal grooves throughout and an emarginate labrum.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Tortoise Beetle sighting in Dhaka on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 92 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Tortoise Beetle in Dhaka on a given day, against under 5% in August and December–June, the lowest months. That is one of Dhaka's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain against 10 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Tortoise Beetle 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 Golden Tortoise Beetle sightings, Dhaka ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chattogram (Bangladesh, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Dhaka (7 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.
