Spartocera fusca
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 San José on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 239 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, 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.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Spartocera fusca sightings, San José has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Orlando (United States, about 10%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Coreidae
The closest relatives of the Spartocera fusca that you can see in San José (family Coreidae, Leaf-footed Bugs) are Anisoscelis podalicus (about 10%), Leptoglossus zonatus (about 10%) and Hypselonotus interruptus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spartocera fusca is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (32 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.
