Spartocera fusca
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Spartocera fusca is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. They have a strong preference for plants in the Nightshade family and feed by piercing the skin of the plant with their needle-like proboscis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 339th most-seen of the 826 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
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Miami's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 45 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spartocera fusca sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Spartocera fusca sightings, Miami ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%), Orlando (United States, about 10%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spartocera fusca is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (21 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.
