Machtima crucigera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Machtima crucigera sighting in Vitória on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 100th most-seen of the 129 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Machtima crucigera in Vitória on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Machtima crucigera sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Machtima crucigera sightings, Vitória ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Coreidae
The closest relatives of the Machtima crucigera that you can see in Vitória (family Coreidae, Leaf-footed Bugs) are Hypselonotus fulvus (about 10%), Hypselonotus interruptus (about 10%) and Crinocerus sanctus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Machtima crucigera is recorded against all the insects logged in Vitória (6 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.
