Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis, sometimes called the golden tortoise beetle (a common name which refers to other species elsewhere), is an Old World species of beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. After full development, A. sanctaecrucis will have a body length ranging from 15.6 to 16.3 mm and a body width ranging from 14.3 to 14.6 mm. Its elytra ranges in color from a uniform yellow to red brown to brown with lateral anterior and posterior corners of the margin visible dorsally. Each elytron contains a depression raised along the center behind its scutellum with prominently raised margins ending with a dorsal conical hump. It has approximately 9 rows of elytral punctures and explanate margins that are very broad. The general color of A. sanctaecrucis ranges from yellow to brown; its head and body color ranges from yellow to red brown, and its legs and antennae (excluding the last two antennomeres) are uniformly yellow. Its elytra can be uniformly yellow to red brown to brown. Its eyes are elliptical, the head has a distinct gena and its clypeus is depressed medially. It has fine clypeal grooves throughout and an emarginate labrum.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Tortoise Beetle sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 283rd most-seen of the 362 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.
March, June, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Tortoise Beetle in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July, September–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Tortoise Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Golden Tortoise Beetle sightings, Mumbai ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Chattogram (Bangladesh, about 20%) and Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (7 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.
