Popplepsalta rubristrigata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Popplepsalta rubristrigata is a species of cicada, also known as the red scratcher, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red Scratcher sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 238th most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Scratcher in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red Scratcher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Red Scratcher that you can see in Melbourne (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Green Grocer (about 10%) and Silver Princess (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Scratcher is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (56 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.
