Diphyus quadripunctorius
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon sighting in London on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1219th most-seen of the 1504 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon in London on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only London, in our data
London is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Ichneumonidae
The closest relatives of the Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon that you can see in London (family Ichneumonidae, Ichneumonid Wasps) are Toothed Tiger Ichneumon (about 10%) and Ischnus inquisitorius (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Four-Spotted Cave Ichneumon is recorded against all the insects logged in London (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.
