Petascelis remipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Twig Wilter sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Twig Wilter in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–September and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Giant Twig Wilter sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Giant Twig Wilter sightings, Nairobi ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Harare (Zimbabwe, about 10%) and Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coreidae
The closest relatives of the Giant Twig Wilter that you can see in Nairobi (family Coreidae, Leaf-footed Bugs) are Citron Bug (about 10%) and Large Black Tip Wilter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Giant Twig Wilter is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (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.
