Orestes guangxiensis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orestes guangxiensis sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 199th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orestes guangxiensis in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–December, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Orestes guangxiensis sightings, Hong Kong has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Guangzhou (China, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orestes guangxiensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (54 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.
