Spartocera fusca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Spartocera fusca is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. They have a strong preference for plants in the Nightshade family and feed by piercing the skin of the plant with their needle-like proboscis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca sighting in Orlando on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 71st most-seen of the 294 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.
March, June–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca in Orlando on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spartocera fusca 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 6 cities where we can rate Spartocera fusca sightings, Orlando ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spartocera fusca is recorded against all the insects logged in Orlando (29 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.
