Gelidea torrida
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Gelidea is a monotypic genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadettinae and tribe Cicadettini. It was described in 2012 by Australian entomologist Maxwell Sydney Moulds. The single species occurs in southern Victoria and Tasmania. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Spotted Cicada sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 398th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Spotted Cicada in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Spotted Cicada 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 Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Southern Spotted Cicada sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Spotted Cicada 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 Southern Spotted Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (23 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.
