Paraneotermes simplicicornis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Paraneotermes simpliconies is a type of termite, found in the drylands of North America, like the Death Valley. It mostly lives and feeds on rotten and fallen Joshua trees. Its main predators are birds like cactus wren. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Dampwood Termite sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 232 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.
June–July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Dampwood Termite in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–May, the lowest months.
Only Mesa, in our data
Mesa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Dampwood Termite sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Blattodea
The closest relatives of the Desert Dampwood Termite that you can see in Mesa (order Blattodea, Cockroaches and Termites) are American Cockroach (about 10%), Turkestan Cockroach (about 10%) and Surinam Cockroach (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Dampwood Termite is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (8 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.
