Pisilus tipuliformis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pisilus tipuliformis is a species of assassin bug in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is the only species in the genus Pisilus. The females of this species exhibit maternal care, and can distinguish their own eggs from other females of the same species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pisilus tipuliformis sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 76th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pisilus tipuliformis in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July.
Only Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pisilus tipuliformis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Pisilus tipuliformis that you can see in Nairobi (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Picasso Bug (about 20%), Greenhouse Orthezia (about 10%) and Citron Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pisilus tipuliformis 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.
