Haemopsalta rubea
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Haemopsalta rubea is a species of cicada, also known as the red squeaker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red Squeaker sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 222nd most-seen of the 742 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.
January to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Squeaker in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months. Those are among Sydney's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Squeaker sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red Squeaker sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Squeaker is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (42 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.
