Diabrotica decempunctata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Diabrotica decempunctata sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Diabrotica decempunctata in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–August and October, the lowest months. Those are among Quito's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Diabrotica decempunctata sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Quito, in our data
Quito is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Diabrotica decempunctata sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Diabrotica decempunctata that you can see in Quito (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 50%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 50%) and Convergent Lady Beetle (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Diabrotica decempunctata is recorded against all the insects logged in Quito (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.
