Spartocera fusca
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 273rd 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.
December to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spartocera fusca in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months. Those are among São Paulo's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in August.
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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Spartocera fusca sightings, São Paulo ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%), Orlando (United States, about 10%) and Porto Alegre (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spartocera fusca is recorded against all the insects logged in São Paulo (22 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.
