Statilia maculata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Statilia maculata, common name Asian jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", jom-sa-ma-gui (Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a species of mantis native to Asia that can be found in Russia, China, Japan, Korea, and Sri Lanka.
Males are 40–50 mm in length as adults. Females are 45–58 mm in length as adults. The species was first described from the genus Mantis by Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, who described the mantis as being from eastern India.
S. m. maculata China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan, India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Java, Borneo, Nepal, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Korea
S. m. continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh) The species is eaten in Japan's Nagano prefecture, where the wings, limbs, and guts are removed prior to being cooked with sweetened soy sauce. The mantises' egg cases are also used medicinally in Japan and China.
Statilia maculata has a C-value of 3.05. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Jumping Mantis sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 319th most-seen of the 1125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Jumping Mantis in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–May, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Jumping Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
17th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Asian Jumping Mantis sightings, Hong Kong ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tianjin (China, about 30%), Hefei (China, about 30%) and Shenyang (China, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Jumping Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (30 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.
