Yoyetta repetens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Yoyetta repetens is a species of cicada, also known as the zipping ambertail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2015 by Australian entomologists Nathan J. Emery, David L. Emery and Lindsay Popple. 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zipping Ambertail sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 355 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th 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.
October to February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Zipping Ambertail in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zipping Ambertail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 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 Zipping Ambertail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zipping Ambertail is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (355 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.
