Oncometopia orbona
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Oncometopia orbona, the broad-headed sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Headed Sharpshooter sighting in Philadelphia on a given day, based on 134 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 632 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Headed Sharpshooter in Philadelphia on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Broad-Headed Sharpshooter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Broad-Headed Sharpshooter sightings, Philadelphia ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Baltimore (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Cicadellidae
The closest relatives of the Broad-Headed Sharpshooter that you can see in Philadelphia (family Cicadellidae, Typical Leafhoppers) are Versute Sharpshooter (about 10%) and Coppery Leafhopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad-Headed Sharpshooter is recorded against all the insects logged in Philadelphia (134 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.
