Archimantis latistyla
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Archimantis latistyla, commonly known as the grass mantis or the stick mantis is a species of mantis native to Australia. Grass mantises are usually light brown with short winged female and a long winged male. The female is not able to fly but the male is. The male grass mantis is smaller than the female and is about 90 mm long and the female is about 110 mm long. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 324 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 38th most-seen of the 742 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis in Sydney on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Stick Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Australian Stick Mantis sightings, Sydney ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 20%).
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Australian Stick Mantis that you can see in Sydney (family Mantidae, Mantids) are False Garden Mantis (about 10%), Australian Garden Mantis (about 10%) and Purple-Winged Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Stick Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (324 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.
