Yoyetta abdominalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Yoyetta abdominalis, also known as the golden-haired firetail, is a species of cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1892 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobart | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Haired Firetail sighting in Hobart on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Haired Firetail in Hobart on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-Haired Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hobart, in our data
Hobart is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden-Haired Firetail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Golden-Haired Firetail that you can see in Hobart (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Metallic Shield Bug (about 10%), Red Jewel Bug (about 10%) and Passionvine Hopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-Haired Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Hobart (5 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.
