Aspidimorpha furcata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Aspidimorpha dorsata, commonly known as golden tortoise beetle or furcated tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed in Oriental region from Sri Lanka to South China towards Java, and Borneo. After mating, the adult female lays about 150 eggs over a period of 70 to 80 days. Grub stage is about 8 to 9 days and the pupal stage is about 4 days. The species use many Ipomoea species as the host plants. Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Furcated Tortoise Beetle sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 269th most-seen of the 482 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.
June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Furcated Tortoise Beetle in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months. Those are among Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Furcated Tortoise Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Furcated Tortoise Beetle sightings, Guangzhou ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kochi (India, about 10%), Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%) and Tuen Mun (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Furcated Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (10 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.
