Orestes guangxiensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Orestes guangxiensis is a representative of the genus Orestes. So far only females are known of Orestes guangxiensis. In 2005 Paul D. Brock and Masaya Okada mistakenly described males of this species from Japanese island Miyako-jima. George Ho Wai-Chun assigned this to Pylaemenes japonicus described by him in 2016 (today's name Orestes japonicus).
The females are 40 to 50 millimetres (1.6 to 2.0 in) long and stocky in shape. Their basic color is usually a light beige or brown, which is complemented by almost white, brown and black patterns. The body surface is covered with small, mostly black tubercles. In the middle of the otherwise flat upper side of the thorax a weak carina can be seen. The comparatively short mesonotum is 2.5 times as long as the pronotum and thus significantly shorter than in longer species such as Orestes mouhotii or Orestes shirakii. On the forehead that becomes narrower towards the top, the four elevations form two edges that converge towards the tip of the forehead, which when viewed from the front form a triangle. The abdomen becomes significantly wider up to the middle and is also strongly raised laterally up to the middle in egg-laying... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orestes guangxiensis sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 355th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orestes guangxiensis in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Orestes guangxiensis sightings, Guangzhou ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Hong Kong (China, about 10%).
Same order: Phasmida
The closest relatives of the Orestes guangxiensis that you can see in Guangzhou (order Phasmida, Stick Insects) are Macellina souchongia (about 10%), Ramulus rotundus (about 10%) and Ramulus caii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orestes guangxiensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (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.
