Rinaca japonica
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rinaca japonica sighting in Sapporo on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rinaca japonica in Sapporo on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months. That is one of Sapporo's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 60 mm in April.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rinaca japonica sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Sapporo, in our data
Sapporo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rinaca japonica sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Rinaca japonica that you can see in Sapporo (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Old World Swallowtail (about 20%), Pink Lymantria Moth (about 20%) and European Peacock Butterfly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rinaca japonica is recorded against all the insects logged in Sapporo (13 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.
