What are the chances of seeing a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight in São Paulo?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 183rd most-seen of the 832 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.
When is the best time to see a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight in São Paulo?
April–May and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in June and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among São Paulo's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in January.
What time of day is best to see a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight?
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight?
Only São Paulo, in our data
São Paulo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Where does the Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (40 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.