Cryptacrus comes
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bandit Shieldbug sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bandit Shieldbug in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in February and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bandit Shieldbug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Bandit Shieldbug sightings, Nairobi has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Durban (South Africa, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bandit Shieldbug is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (11 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.
