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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Wattle Tick Scale sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 275 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.
June and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wattle Tick Scale in Perth on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–May, the lowest months. Those are among Perth's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wattle Tick Scale sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Wattle Tick Scale sightings, Perth ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Melbourne (Australia, about 10%) and Sydney (Australia, under 5%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Wattle Tick Scale that you can see in Perth (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Crusader Bug (about 20%), Poecilometis lineatus (about 10%) and Gum Tree Shield Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wattle Tick Scale is recorded against all the insects logged in Perth (8 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.
