Odontomantis planiceps
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Odontomantis planiceps, the Asian ant mantis, is a common species of praying mantis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Ant Mantis sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 121st most-seen of the 362 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Ant Mantis in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Mumbai's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 830 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Ant Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Asian Ant Mantis sightings, Mumbai ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 20%), Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 20%) and Jakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same order: Mantodea
The closest relatives of the Asian Ant Mantis that you can see in Mumbai (order Mantodea, Mantises) are Hierodula tenuidentata (about 10%) and Wandering Violin Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Ant Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (26 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.
