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Melanotelus villosulus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Melanotelus villosulus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melanotelus villosulus sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 213 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.
April and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melanotelus villosulus in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and May–September, the lowest months. Those are among Johannesburg's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Melanotelus villosulus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Johannesburg, in our data
Johannesburg is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Melanotelus villosulus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lygaeidae
The closest relatives of the Melanotelus villosulus that you can see in Johannesburg (family Lygaeidae, Seed Bugs) are Oncopeltus famelicus (about 10%), Brooklet Milkweed Bug (about 10%) and Haemobaphus concinnus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Melanotelus villosulus is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (9 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.
