Janomima mariana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Janomima mariana, the inquisitive monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae first described by Adam White in 1843. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on various grasses and have been specifically reported feeding on Bauhinia and Brachystegia species, as well as Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Miscanthus violaceus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Inquisitive Monkey sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th most-seen of the 274 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Inquisitive Monkey in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Pretoria's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 130 mm in December.
Only Pretoria, in our data
Pretoria is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Inquisitive Monkey sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Inquisitive Monkey is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (11 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.
